Video Date: 
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Sisters Time Lapse from Dee Wright Observatory
Welcome to the Dee Wright Observatory.
Looking south to the North Sister (10,085') and Middle Sister (10,047') from the Dee Wright Observatory.
Looking north to Mount Washington (left, 7,795') and Mount Jefferson (right, 10,495') from the Dee Wright Observatory.
View from the parking lot.
Stairs leading to the top of the observatory.
Looking south to the North Sister (10,085') and Middle Sister (10,047') from the top of Dee Wright Observatory.
The observatory has viewing portals directed at specific features.
The "two islands" of earth were untouched by the lava flow.
The bronze "peak finder" at the top of the observatory.
Mount Jefferson (10,495').
Mount Washington (7,795').
The Dee Wright Observatory.
Trailhead for the Lava River Trail.
Insects and fire destroyed this forrest, and it is now a ghostly image of its former self.
The Dee Wright Observatory sits at the border of the Deshutes and Willamette forests.
A persistant and scrappy unidentified species (help us identify it by providing feedback).
A bench along the Lava River Trail.
The trail leads through enormous lava rock formations.
Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa).
The Dee Wright Observatory from below.
A small meadow where the lava stopped.
The Lava River Trail at the Dee Wright Observatory.
Restrooms at the Dee Wright Observatory.