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A nearly complete silver lining draws ones attention to intense crepuscular rays during some afternoon backlit buildups.
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"The area that includes the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness was once a riverine delta that lay just to the west of the shore of an ancient sea, the Western Interior Seaway, which covered much of New Mexico 70 million years ago. The motion of water through and around the ancient river built up layers of sediment. Swamps and the occasional pond bordering the stream left behind large buildups of organic material, in the form of what became beds of lignite. At some point, a volcano deposited a large amount of ash, and the river moved the ash from its original locations. As the water slowly receded, prehistoric animals survived on the lush foliage that grew along the many riverbanks. When the water disappeared it left behind a 1,400-foot (430 m) layer of jumbled sandstone, mudstone, shale, and coal that lay undisturbed for fifty million years. Sandstone layers were deposited above the ash and remains of the delta."
(Wikipedia)
I can't say it better myself.
While we were there I was disappointed because of the dull and flat light, but now that I'm processing the images, I see that the flat light fits the bleak landscape perfectly.
I used a combination of manual focus Leica, Pentax and Nikon lenses that day, I just can't remember what I used for this image. I suspect it was the 35mm Leica Elmarit.
The sidewalk on the bridge is never plowed. Rather, the plow pushes the snow up against the concrete barrier making it impossible to a) walk on the sidewalk and more importantly b) cause me to stand a wee bit out on the road to get any shots of the water on the creek.
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Laomei's most interesting sight is the Green Algal Reef on the seashore. This reef, which is really only visible at low tide, is the result of a buildup of layer upon layer of algae. When algae die, their limestone skeletons remain in position, and a new generation of algae grows atop them.
The scores of long, humped "fingers" running down the beach, and the varying hues of green, make this an intriguingly unique landscape.
Laomei itself is a small community full of tiny houses and narrow streets. There's no industry here, and few businesses of any kind. Laomei Old Street used to be the main coast road. Nowadays it is much quieter, a newer, wider road having become Taiwan Highway 2.
The Laomei River runs to the east of the community; a smaller streams rushes through it, between people's houses, and between houses and vegetable plots. This means that, for its size, Laomei may have more bridges than Venice.
Laomei is within walking distance of Fuji Fishing Harbor and Fuguei Cape. Consider getting off the bus in Laomei, then walking from the Algal Reef to Fuguei Cape and then onto Fuji Village before catching another bus east or west.
There is something about gates and entranceways that always attracts my eye when I am out and about trying to capture some of the local flavors.
This is the gate house of Schloss Westerwinkel and one of the oldest parts of the palace complex, I think it is the kid in me that is awakened by the prospect of what lies through the portal that keeps me taking this type of shot. there is always a buildup in my imagination before entering of what lies beyond.
There were no signposts that I could see that discouraged visitors from self-touring the grounds I took that as an invitation, sometimes it is much easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission especially if you are a tourist.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens at 31mm 1/25s, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, Topaz Denoise, PS (Lumenzia and DXO Nik Color Efex)
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
Autumn in the Great Lakes region tends to unfold in two distinct phases. The first part I call 'kind an gentle' as it brings mild weather, sunny days and the glorious color transformation of foliage. At this point we're still just beginning to transition out of summer heat and the initial changeover to cooler weather is at first welcoming. The festive buildup to Halloween helps dispel the undercurrent of unease that occasions the ever-decreasing sunlight. Then November arrives all too suddenly and its arrival brings the realization that the party its over. Nothing punctuates this more for me than the switchover to standard time. Nightfall suddenly starts crashing down around 5:30. And it's not even the earliness of twilight but the quickness of its arrival that gets to me. The long, drawn out sunsets of June are replaced with a free fall where darkness blots out daylight in less than half an hour. Phase two autumn is now in full force and its hostility is palpable. The keynote of the season are the fierce gales that blow up over the Great Lakes. The so-called Witch of November of the sort that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald back in '75. We've had a couple such storms already this year. These are not normal windy day situations. The intensity is much greater and there is less calm in between gusts. And it just goes on and on. The winds strip away the remaining autumn foliage leaving a harsh landscape of bare tree limbs. I get highly ambivalent during these storms. Of course I don't want to lose power or have trees toppling onto the village. Yet I'm invariably drawn outdoors to experience storms firsthand. Nothing seems or feels normal in times like this and I try to use that energy to guide photography. Adverse weather has a way of doing that. And a storm described using the word witch is more than I can bear as far as watching out a window from safe shelter. And so I found myself atop a desolate knoll in an old cemetery at sundown with 20 yards of white cloth stuffed into my parka like a parachute. The winds were cold and buffeted me about like a doll. But the energy was thrilling. I wrapped the cloth around the top of an obelisk and the wind immediately ripped it from my grasp. Instantly it took life, billowing and dancing about, mesmerizing and quite eerie. At times it took on almost a human form that suddenly morphed into something else. Like watching puffy clouds transform from one shape into another on a summer afternoon. That thought was a sharp contrast to these angry, howling winds. The cloth gave form to the unseen winds much the way that fallen leaves do as they ebb and flow across the ground. It felt as if the Witch of November revealed herself in the folds of the cloth, if only for an instant.
This is the full panorama of the NYC multi-shot stitch I took in March. I uploaded a 3x1 crop for a large print for my home and found out, while picking it up, that I could have sent in any dimension. This would be my next print as it captures more of the Manhattan buildup. Again, multi-shot pano stitched with Hugin and slightly adjusted with Pixelmator Pro. The title was added with Pixelmator as well.
I used the 24mm pancake lens to capture these shots.
Ice buildup coats a small unnamed waterfall in Mingo Creek County Park, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
665nm infrared camera conversion
Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 Pro
Photo montage with 16 framesThis is part of my Living with Covid-19 series where I am reflecting on my experiences and feelings during these challenging times.
During the better part of the week that I spent making this image I found myself moving in and out of the following contemplations.
1) Living protected also imprisons.
2) Do you read a threat in this image and if so, what is it?
3) Is this image an optimistic or pessimistic vision in your mind?
4) I see trees as life givers, so, for me they function as lungs in this vision as much as trees are lungs for the world.
5) I see these trees as filters harvesting sustenance very much like the pollen buildup on the legs of bees.
In my work, and especially in this series, I try to build my images to position them in the spaces between multiple interpretations. Absolutes are dangerous.
Image of the moon courtesy of NASA.
The peanut pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima 'Galeux d'Eysines') is an heirloom pumpkin variety noted for peanut-like growths on the exterior of the pink-hued rind. The peanuts are a buildup of excess sugar in the flesh of the pumpkin
just some fantastic clouds last night-they just kept going up,and when the sun went down,and the color...Looks better in LIGHTBOX
taken from our deck and looking out over our cornfield toward my brother's house...
I almost skipped this summer's Perseid Meteor Shower, because the peak night coincided with a full moon, which promised to lighten the night sky and make all but the brightest meteors invisible.
But the nights have been refreshingly cool in the middle of the year's worst heat wave, and the Perseids are an extended show with a long, gradual buildup. So off I went, when the waxing moon was still a crescent, and still setting early. Nothing to lose except a little sleep.
And I decided to bring the Rokinon 8mm fisheye. Often I am not fond of the extreme curvature it gives horizons when tilted upward. So on this night, I decided to tilt it almost straight up to eliminate the horizon altogether. This necessitated crawling underneath the tripod to frame my shots, and I quickly learned that staying down was a good idea: my knees thanked me profusely, and view from down there was absolutely the best.
I lay there, exposing frame after frame, 30 seconds each, and thought I was going to get shut out. I finally decided, "One more frame and then I'm getting up." This is the truth. I really thought that. And that's when a long burn passed across the Milky Way, coming toward me. Remember that 8mm makes everything very, very small in the frame; this was a big one.
The green tinge of the trailing end indicates magnesium, while the faintly magenta halo near the front is from calcium. The Perseids are famous for their high magnesium and calcium content.
The great, glowing globe near the bottom right can only be Jupiter; also in the frame is Andromeda, the galaxy that is scheduled to collide with ours in 4-5 billion years. That will be exciting. I zipped up my down vest; it was 7°C (44.6°F) and downright chilly, placing a close second to the meteor for highlight of the night.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta).
A nice setting with reflection in the canal. Notice the one on the left still covered with mud.
The painted turtle hibernates by burying itself, either on the bottom of a body of water, near water in the shore-bank or the burrow of a muskrat, or in woods or pastures. When hibernating underwater, the turtle prefers shallow depths, no more than 2 m (7 ft). Within the mud, it may dig down an additional 1 m (3 ft).] In this state, the turtle does not breathe, although if surroundings allow, it may get some oxygen through its skin. The species is one of the best-studied vertebrates able to survive long periods without oxygen. Adaptations of its blood chemistry, brain, heart, and particularly its shell allow the turtle to survive extreme lactic acid buildup while oxygen-deprived.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_turtle
Wildwood Nature Preserve, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
With this years winter in the Northwest being all over the area from hectic winter snow storms, to foggy, dreary 50 degree humid days all within a week of each other, I'm ready for the constant warm temperature of summer and a comfortable night out camping. In one of the earlier snow storms this year, I was out venturing Union Pacific's Cascade Sub in Central Oregon, witnessing the railroad battle an ongoing snow storm, doing whatever it takes to keep moving freight and the route open. With battle scars showing on the lead unit, the 604 endured several tree strikes while running the flanger up and down the mountain to help alleviate snow buildup along the tracks. After three days of flanger service, the equipment was sent to Portland, Oregon to be fixed and soon be back to their homebase of Oakridge, Oregon to again be called for future snow and work train use on the mountain. Taken at tunnel 3, along Odell Lake.
Mid morning development of these mid-level clouds is a indicator that thunderstorm activity can be expected by sunset. The formation of altocumulus (lenticularus) is often accompanied by strong surface winds as was occurring (35mph). Within an hour, skies become overcast with spreading cirrus and strato-cumulus (as did occur).
Update:
2.5 hours after this image, scatter showers were occurring just north of me with towering cumulus buildups quite evident.
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Laomei's most interesting sight is the Green Algal Reef on the seashore. This reef, which is really only visible at low tide, is the result of a buildup of layer upon layer of algae. When algae die, their limestone skeletons remain in position, and a new generation of algae grows atop them.
The scores of long, humped "fingers" running down the beach, and the varying hues of green, make this an intriguingly unique landscape.
Laomei itself is a small community full of tiny houses and narrow streets. There's no industry here, and few businesses of any kind. Laomei Old Street used to be the main coast road. Nowadays it is much quieter, a newer, wider road having become Taiwan Highway 2.
The Laomei River runs to the east of the community; a smaller streams rushes through it, between people's houses, and between houses and vegetable plots. This means that, for its size, Laomei may have more bridges than Venice.
Laomei is within walking distance of Fuji Fishing Harbor and Fuguei Cape. Consider getting off the bus in Laomei, then walking from the Algal Reef to Fuguei Cape and then onto Fuji Village before catching another bus east or west.
老梅石槽形成的原因，是由於幾萬年前大屯火山爆發後，
遺留海岸邊的火山礁岩在 波浪長期的沖刷下，
質地鬆軟的部份被侵蝕，留下較堅硬的部份而形成溝槽，
每年冬天北部東北季風一起，濤天的浪花滋潤了石槽的岩面，
也開始滋生綠色的石蓴、海髮絲等海藻，
因此形成令人驚嘆不已的「綠石槽」海岸景觀，
尤其是在日出日落時分，景觀更是迷人，
常吸引許多愛好攝影的人士駐足拍攝，也在攝影界留下許多經典的畫面。
I've always liked this view of Ohiopyle Falls the best as I think it has a more realistic perspective of the falls. Unfortunately, a significant amount of ice buildup prevented me from acquiring the exact perspective that I wanted, but I do like the view of the water cresting the falls.
While the western valleys of the NW baked under 106 degree heat, we stayed cool by spending a few days up at Rainier. Every afternoon the heat drove the buildup of clouds, with some thunder and rain thrown in as well. This cloud cover made afternoon hiking more bearable and led to some nice photographic opportunities at sunset.
This is from the Sunrise area of the park. As the name suggests, mornings can be an amazing time to be out shooting. All I found was clear skies and lackluster color. But the the breaking storm clouds at dusk made up for it nicely.
Wild flowers , Leeks with it seed heads , Purple Cone flowers , trebuchet and red Poppies in our herb garden in full bloom , Mortimer our Boxer Lab mixed breed dog in its happy domain , Martin’s photographs , Cobourg , Ontario , Canada , July 22. 2006
Trebuchet
Tugboat
Stairs with bleeding heart flowers
Stairs
bleeding heart flowers
Stairs with bleeding heart flowers in
beautiful and blissful yard
Creek in wooded area
fallen trees
ymca park with a day use area
woods
creek
sport fields
Cobourg
November 2006
Grass
Weeds
Wildflowers
Ontario
Canada
Trees
Tall grasses
Sunset
Fallen trees
Fallen tree
Tall grasses
River
Cobourg west beach board walk
Cobourg west Beach
July 2006
Canon PowerShot S410
PowerShot S410
Sweet Rocket
Cobourg west beach
Cobourg Beach
Martin’s photographs
Cobourg
Ontario
Canada
Boxer Lab mixed breed dog
Favourites
Lake Ontario
Sand
Water
Mortimer boxer dog
Boxer dog
Boxer mixed breed dog
Canon PowerShot SD-600
PowerShot SD-600
Favourites
June 2004
Cobourg pier
Cobourg lighthouse
November 2003
Boxer Lab mixed breed dog
deck
Nikon
Nikon E5700
Sand
Water
May 2008
Cedar tree
River
Sunset
Tree
Heron
Egret
Cobourg harbour
Rocks on the beach
Sand
Rocks
Motor boats
Driftwood
Sail boats
March 2007
Ducks
Gulls
Ice buildup
Ice
Snow
February 2007
September 2006
Hope to get the buildup of snow off this roof as my ATV is tucked in there!
*ATV All Terrain Vehicle ..aka. Four wheeler.. Quad
Holyerll is a coastal village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at Holywell Bay (Cornish: Porth Heylyn),about three miles (5 km) west-southwest of Newquay.
Holywell beach adjoins the settlement to the northwest and Penhale Camp, formally an army training establishment that was regularly used by cadets, is half-a-mile to the southwest. On the north side of Holywell beach Holywell Cave is accessible at low tide and contains many pools formed by natural buildup of minerals.In the cave is St Cubert's holy well.
rainshowers and CBs associated with a cold front passing over Japan made for a stunning scene ahead!
squeezing past a very cool looking build-up, the lights and shadows created an awesome, more dramatic than it really was, scene
Working NORAD (not the aerospace defense one, the auto import one lol) in the winter sucked ass. Plain and simple. The entire yard was paved so ice buildup over the railhead was constantly a concern. Not to mention the entire yard is on a grade for whatever reason. No bumpers or wheel stops at the ends of the tracks so you bet your ass we ended up on the pavement a handful of times because of shitty brakes. But hey, it wasn't all bad. Here we are, trying to get into the Christmas spirit with the marker lights lit green and red. It was pretty cool that the SW-7 retained it's original marker lights, and with the flick of a little lever on the outside of the glass you changed them from white, to red, or to green. Anyway, it's December 17th and it was just starting to snow and cover the absolute ice rink that we were working on. We had the tarp over the radiator intake down (as you can see in the photo) that's how cold it was.
December 2013
Davisville, RI.
The most recent rattlesnake I posted was from a chance encounter, but on this day I was looking for them. There is a rock with an overhang that functions as a perfect snake shelter; I stumbled upon it in 2001, along a steep sidehill above a gully, along a deer trail. I don't find snakes there on every hike - certainly not in winter - but fairly often.
So it was earlier this month. A Prairie Rattlesnake was sleeping in the grass. I prefer low angle views, but in this case the grass was in the way and I had no choice but to shoot down. Three frames and my reptilian subject streaked away to safety.
You can see that this snake has "gone opaque" or "gone blue" - referring to the eyes, of course. This means that it's about to shed its skin; the blue is due to fluid buildup between the old skin and the new, as the former loosens, and it makes the snake almost blind for a short time.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Every now and then, bays and harbors need to be dredged to remove silt buildup that makes the passage too shallow for larger ships. Paddling under the giant snorkel-that-sucks-up-sand near this one in Richmond, discovered that the last welder had left their signature graffiti in welder's bead. I was a bit disoriented while under it, but later flipped it and realized it was a figure in sombrero, puffing a ciggie.
In the end, amazingly enough, the storm didn't break out though. I shot this photo on April 10th, 2017 in Freilassing, Bavaria. The Untersberg in the background.
The ice buildup at Niagara Falls is amazing. This was shot in the morning when the sun was beginning to penetrate the shadows in the gorge.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ring_(Montreal):
The Ring (French: L’Anneau) is a sculpture located at the Place Ville Marie in Montréal, Canada, designed by Claude Cormier + associes and erected in June 2022. The sculpture weighs around 23,000 kilograms (51,000 lb), spans 30 metres (98 ft) and cost over CA$5,000,000 of taxpayer and private money. The sculpture is heated to prevent snow buildup, and has vibration dampers to prevent damage during high winds and earthquakes.
Rime Ice clings to the trees as CPKC 308 heads northward passing the Bengal mile board. The sun is finally starting to peak through after days of fog lead to ice buildup on the trees and brush in the area.
Today a powerful storm went through south central Kansas. I was on my way to pick up my grandson and by the time we got home it was raging. All I had was my iPhone but I pulled over long enough to capture the buildup
Palm Springs, CA. What looks like reflected light on the bill is partly the buildup of pollen. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.
West Ham 3 v Newcastle 1 - Saturday September 20th 2008.
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Yesssssss.....Denise, the Mighty Hammers were victorious....lol..:O))
Well, a new era started at West Ham today, with Zola taking over as our new manager!!
As much as I am not a fan of his and judging by the style of play today...more Italian then English!!
I can't say the slow methodical buildup and almost walking passe play that was served up today is straight out of the West Ham Academy football handbook, we are used to fast flowing pace and move, attack at all costs type of play....still a 3-1 win is not to be sniffed at and if we continue to win..I guess I can live with it...I'm fickle like that...lol..:O)))
This image was taken from the other end of the pitch....from the back of the Bobby Moore stand...so considering how far away I was, the image isn't that bad, even if I say so myself...lol
what appeared green and yellow on a screen in the dark didn’t look any better out the window at daybreak
The last few days have been spent dealing with the polar vortex. Besides the frigid subzero temperatures, Sheboygan, Wisconsin has also had an amazing shelf ice buildup along its Lake Michigan shoreline. The result has created an otherworldly landscape that have drawn photographers to capture this temporary condition. Some have practiced extreme photography, scaling these ice configurations for that perfect shot, but also putting themselves and first responders in potential life-threatening danger. I have to admit that years in the past I did so myself. The two photos posted today were taken from the actual shore, not from an ice shelf.
The middle of the three posts today is a drawing that illustrates why shelf ice exploration is dangerous. A friend originally posted it and asked others to share it as a preventative measure. I am doing this and hope that it is helpful.
"We have a battle to win here!"
Continuing my Throw Back Thursday buildup to the Force Awakes we go back ten years ago to the Revenge of the Sith. :)
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The morning buildup clouds have turned to scattered thunderstorms as is typical in summer. Here GNRR 9708, built for the Pennsy Reading Seashore lines and featuring a distinctive extended cab leads the empties towards Elizabeth. This one is again unsharp and was composed incredibly badly. Given that 70% of the shots were cloudy I presume the train popped into a patch of sun and we scrambled to get a sunny shot, the details are all a bit hazy...
The Rottweiler /ˈrɒtwaɪlər/ is a breed of domestic dog, regarded as medium-to-large[1][2] or large.[3][4]The dogs were known in German as Rottweiler Metzgerhund, meaning Rottweil butchers' dogs, because one of their uses was to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat to market.[1] This continued until the mid-19th century when railways replaced droving for herding. Rottweilers are now used as search and rescue dogs, as guide dogs for the blind, as guard dogs and police dogs.[5]
The Rottweiler is one of the oldest of herding breeds.[6] With a history possibly dating back to the Roman Empire,[7] the Rottweiler may be a descendant of ancient Roman drover dogs; a mastiff-type dog that was a dependable, rugged dog with great intelligence and guarding instincts. During their quest to conquer Europe, the Roman legion traveled in large numbers across the continent. The non-existence of refrigeration meant the soldiers had to bring herds of cattle with them on their excursions for food. These drover dogs were not only used to keep the herds of cattle together, but to guard the supply stock at night. Around A.D. 74 the Roman army travelled across the Alps and into what is now southern Germany. For the next two centuries the Roman drover dogs were continually used in herding and driving cattle for trade even after the Romans were driven out of the area by the Swabians.[8]
A town in this region was eventually given the name Rottweil.[8] It became an important trade center and the descendants of the Roman cattle dogs proved their worth by driving the cattle to market and protecting the cattle from robbers and wild animals.[8] The dogs are said to have been used by traveling butchers at markets during the Middle Ages to guard money pouches tied around their necks.[9] The dogs eventually came to be called Rottweiler Metzgerhunds, or butcher dogs.[8] As railroads became the primary method for moving stock to market, the need for the breed declined, as did the number of Rottweilers. The number of Rottweilers diminished so severely that by 1882 in a dog show in Heilbronn, there was only one very poor representative of the breed.[8]
The buildup to World War I saw a great demand for police dogs, and that led to a revival of interest in the Rottweiler. During the First and Second World Wars, Rottweilers were put into service in various roles, including as messenger, ambulance, draught, and guard dogs.
The Deutscher Rottweiler-Klub (DRK, German Rottweiler Club), the first Rottweiler club in Germany, was founded on 13 January 1914, and followed by the creation of the Süddeutscher Rottweiler-Klub (SDRK, South German Rottweiler Club) on 27 April 1915 and eventually became the IRK (International Rottweiler Club). The DRK counted around 500 Rottweilers, and the SDRK 3000 Rottweilers. The goals of the two clubs were different. The DRK aimed to produce working dogs and did not emphasise the morphology of the Rottweiler.
The various German Rottweiler Clubs amalgamated to form the Allgemeiner Deutscher Rottweiler Klub (ADRK, General German Rottweiler Club) in 1921. This was officially recorded in the register of clubs and associations at the district court of Stuttgart on 27 January 1924.[10] The ADRK is recognised worldwide as the home club of the Rottweiler.
In 1931 the Rottweiler was officially recognised by the American Kennel Club.[11] In 1936, Rottweilers were exhibited in Britain at Crufts. In 1966, a separate register was opened for the breed. In fact, in the mid-1990s, the popularity of the Rottweiler reached an all-time high with it being the most registered dog by the American Kennel Club.[12] In 2013, the American Kennel Club ranked the Rottweiler as the 9th most popular purebreed in the world. Thanks to those who will comment, save or view my photo.. It will be highly appreciated. I will not comment or save a photo made by a cell phone, ipads. or similar devices.
Some convection over the Cheyenne Ridge (borders Colorado with Wyoming). These cells dissipated after max heating occurred. Reached 70F after the previous day's high temperature was only 39F.
This red painted house really stands out in my neighborhood.
Wizard Island is one of the most interesting features on the lake itself. This classic volcanic cinder cone was formed some time after the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Mazama which formed the caldera. It was formed by the buildup of hot cinders which were ejected from the floor of the caldera some time after Mt. Mazama collapsed. The oldest trees on the island are about 800 years old, so it probably did not rise above the surface of the lake before that time.