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Lewis' monkeyflower (Mimulus lewisii).
Arrowleaf groundsel (Senecio triangularis).
Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) along the canal.
Partridgefoot (Luetkea pectinata).
View of Mount Bachelor looking back southeast.
Trail along the canal.
View of Broken Top (9,175') and Ball Butte at right.
Incredible wildflowers along Soda Creek.
Magenta paintbrush (Castilleja parviflora).
View south, looking at Diamond Peak (8,743').
Cobwebby paintbrush (Castilleja arachnoidea).
View looking south, with the lush meadow at Sparks Lake at center.
Broken Top (9,175')
Broken Top Crater.
View looking back at Broken Top Crater.
View of Three Sisters from Broken Top's east ridge.
View northwest, from left to right: Mount Washington (7,795'), Three Fingered Jack (7,844') and Mount Jefferson (10,495').
Mertens' rush (Juncus mertensianus).
View south of Crane Prairie Reservoir and Mount Thielsen (9,182').
Daniel Sherman
Photo Date:
08/30/2014
The top of the ridge just south of the lake provides excellent views of the Three Sisters.
Daniel Sherman
Photo Date:
08/30/2014
Wildflowers thrive by the spring melt in the lake's higher bed.
Daniel Sherman
Photo Date:
08/30/2014
The moon rises over Broken Top