Lava Butte near Bend, Oregon
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Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, United States, just west of U.S. Route 97 between the towns of Bend, Oregon, and Sunriver, Oregon in Deschutes County. It is part of a system of small cinder cones on the northwest flank of Newberry Volcano, a massive shield volcano which rises to the southeast. The cinder cone is capped by a crater which extends about 60 feet (20 m) deep beneath its south rim, and 160 feet (50 m) deep from the 5,020-foot (1,530 m) summit on its north side. Lava Butte is part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument.
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A viewing station at the top of the crest.
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A Panoramic shot of the tallest side of the volcano rim.
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The lava fields below the volcano. From below the edge of the lava flow is ten to twenty feet tall.
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Some clouds were a nice change compared to the smoke from the previous days.
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The road spirals around the butte to the parking lot and it is a short uphill walk to the viewpoint. You can hike all the way around the crest and even down to the lava fields below.
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Looking into the crater of the butte.
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A black and white just because I can.
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Dave.Largent wrote:
Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, Uni... (show quote)
Great set of images!!!!
Oct 2, 2021 05:47:50 #
Dave.Largent wrote:
Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, Uni... (show quote)
I really like the cloud pics. They look like burgeoning lenticular clouds, but it's strange to see them out in the open. Usually in the pics I've seen of them they are above a mountain peak.
I just googled and found some images similar to yours...out in the open.
I hope you don't mind, but here is an image of some stacked above a mountain peak in Japan:
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Dave.Largent wrote:
Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, Uni... (show quote)
I enjoyed your series.
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flip1948 wrote:
I really like the cloud pics. They look like burgeoning lenticular clouds, but it's strange to see them out in the open. Usually in the pics I've seen of them they are above a mountain peak.
I just googled and found some images similar to yours...out in the open.
I hope you don't mind, but here is an image of some stacked above a mountain peak in Japan:
I just googled and found some images similar to yours...out in the open.
I hope you don't mind, but here is an image of some stacked above a mountain peak in Japan:
What a stunning, stupendous catch
😮😮😮😮😮
Oct 2, 2021 17:02:59 #
Dave.Largent wrote:
Lava Butte is a cinder cone in central Oregon, Uni... (show quote)
Exceptionally beautiful compositions
🌀🎖️💎🎖️🌀
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