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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Crater Lake

Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon offers many good spots to capture sunrise at the lake. I wanted to show the great blue color of the lake and also early morning sky colors before sunrise. The weathered tree helps tell the story of this old beautiful hole in the ground.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Crater Lake, Oregon, United States of America
Camera: NIKON Z 9
Copyright: © Jim Whetstone