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Identifier: nationalparkspor1917yard (find matches)
Title: The national parks portfolio
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Yard, Robert Sterling, 1861-1945 United States. National Park Service
Subjects: National parks and reserves
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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n while you look at it.Its cliffs from sky line to surface average over a thousand feet high.It has no visible inlet or outlet, for it occupies the hole left when, in the dimages before man, a volcano collapsed and disappeared v/ithin itself. It is a gem of wonderful color in a setting of pearly lavas relieved by patchesof pine green and snow white—a gem which changes hue with every atmosphericchange and every shift of light. There are crater lakes in other lands; in Italy, for instance, in Germany,India, and Hawaii. The one lake of its kind in the United States is by farthe finest of its kind in the world. It is one of the most distinguished spotsin a land notable for the nobility and distinction of its scenery. Crater Lake lies in southern Oregon. The volcano whose site it hasusurped was one of a ** noble band of fire mountains which, like beacons, onceblazed along the Pacific Coast. Because of its unique character and quiteextraordinary beauty it was made a national park in 1902,
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Photograph by U. S. Reclamation Service The Sun Plays Wonderful Tricks With Lights and Shadows a THE SEA OF SILENCE

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  • booksubject:National_parks_and_reserves
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  • bookcontributor:Harold_B__Lee_Library
  • booksponsor:Brigham_Young_University
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