Mt. Thielsen from Highway 138

Not far from Crater Lake, but even closer to Diamond Lake, is the unusual Mt. Thielsen in Southern Oregon. The volcano that created the mountain has been extinct for a quarter of a million years and glaciers did a number on the rock, leaving this strange-looking shape.

I took today’s photo on our way to Bend last month.

Posted on September 27th, 2011 under nature, outside of ashland, places • Tags: flowers, mount thielsen, mountains. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed