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Sailing To Nowhere At Crater Lake

Phantom Ship, Crater Lake National Park, copyright Kurt Repanshek
Kurt Repanshek
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Remains of an ancient volcano, the Phantom Ship sails nowhere in Crater Lake National Park.

Nice shot of the Phantom Ship, Kurt.  (Way better than mine.)


Justin, it helps to be on a boat 20-25 feet off the rock...;-)


Kurt... I envy you your Crater Lake adventure. I've lived around Oregon and Washington off and on much of my life and have never done other than the rim in my visits.


craterlakeinstitute.org

http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/online-library/nature-notes/vol12-phantom-ship-floral.htm

http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/online-library/historic-resource-study/5e17.htm

Historic Resource Study, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, 1984

 

 

V. Geological and Biological Information on Crater Lake Area

 

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E. Points of Geological Interest in Crater Lake National Park

   17. Phantom Ship

Scanning the blue surface, one's eye is caught by an interesting sail-like rock rising from the waters on the far right close to the foot of Dutton Cliff. This is the Phantom Ship. Seen two miles away in certain lights the illusion is excellent. The masts seem to tilt rakishly and the sails shine in the sun. There are times when the Phantom Ship suddenly disappears, and times again when it as suddenly appears. . . . Hence its name and mysterious repute. [20]

A rugged island rising dramatically 175 feet above the lake surface, the "ship" is formed of molten rock and volcanic ash. The "sails" are remnants of a volcanic dike from a smaller mountain pre-dating Mazama, making this the oldest lava exposed in the caldera.

 

SECRETS OF THE PHANTOM SHIP

http://www.ohranger.com/crater-lake/news/2009/secrets-phantom-ship

March 16, 2009,

When it comes to pioneering research on the formation of Crater Lake, world-famous volcanologist Howel Williams has long towered among earth-science experts.

His definitive 1941 treatise "The Geology of Crater Lake National Park" is the geological bible for many studying the creation of the nation's deepest lake

 

But two Southern Oregon University geology students are challenging the late University of California-Berkeley professor's theory on how the Phantom Ship rock formation was created on the southeastern side of the caldera.

Seniors Nick Brettner, 25, who hails from the San Francisco area, and Levi McKay, 21, of Nephi, Utah, say it wasn't magma rising up from a crack in the earth that formed the popular rock feature as Williams postulated.

Rather, their research has determined the formation was part of the mighty Mount Mazama before it blew its top some 7,700 years ago, and that erosion cutting down through layers of rock carved the ship shape.

ALSO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4-0BgIVapI

 

 

 

 

 


 

Rick B, I have room to understand the Psychnurse background but something that might add to your laurels is running some part of the Crater Lake Marathon.  Does wonders for connnecting with the real and not all the psycho babble.  You need the physical.  We all need it.  

 


Thanks for your totally non-sequitur and off topic concern for my health.


Yep, non-sequitur, not sure what that means.  Get out and push your comfort zone.  Do something, ride a mule.   No more real than dealing with some critter that has no clue what the hell psycology is, just real:).  The country could do with more real.  These parks have a lot of it.  


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