Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Dee Wright Observatory

This afternoon we drove up to the Dee Wright Observatory situated on a black lava flow at the boundary between the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests west of Sisters, Oregon. On the Cascade Range at 5,187 feet, this mountain observatory offers panoramic views of the Mount Washington and Three Sisters Wilderness areas...

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2 comments:

lastrick said...

We've been there. Amazing how much lava is still in the fields.

Jim Brown said...

The contrast between the lush, green forests just a few miles away and the barren, moonscape lava fields is amazing.