Lassen 2013

Our trip to Lassen National Volcanic Park was a first for Elizabeth and our first time camping together. It didn't turn out quite how we expected, but we packed a lot into a 3-day weekend just the same.

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We stopped briefly at the Lassen visitor’s center to figure out where we were going. The campground that sounded best was on the other side of the park and still 45 minutes away, with a couple of hours until sunset, so we hussled ourselves along.
Captured Sept 20 2013 4:02:32p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz
Source Apple iPad mini
Exposure 1/371 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 32, Flash off
GPS 40.437553° N latitude 121.533745° W longitude 2047.5 meters altitude

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Here we are with our tent all set up in "Loop D" of the campground, which was first–come, first–serve.
Captured Sept 20 2013 5:44:25p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz, Greg
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/45 sec @ f/3.3, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance shadow
GMT Sept 21 2013 12:44:18a
GPS 40.526394° N latitude 121.561882° W longitude 1813 meters altitude

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Elizabeth took this lovely panorama of the lake as the sun was going down.
Captured Sept 20 2013 6:08:54p
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Keywords panorama, photoshop
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/511 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 50, Flash off
GPS 40.532547° N latitude 121.564537° W longitude 1776 meters altitude

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An HDR stump.
Captured Sept 20 2013 6:08:02p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords hdr
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
GMT Sept 21 2013 1:07:54a
GPS 40.532238° N latitude 121.564423° W longitude 1779 meters altitude

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Tallest tree in the forest.
Captured Sept 20 2013 6:10:02p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/90 sec @ f/4.8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance auto
GMT Sept 21 2013 1:09:55a
GPS 40.532619° N latitude 121.564384° W longitude 1780 meters altitude

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Shadow of the tallest tree in the forest.
Captured Sept 20 2013 6:10:03p
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/120 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 50, Flash off
GPS 40.532738° N latitude 121.564384° W longitude 1777 meters altitude

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The night was pretty bleak, with heavy rain leaking in the corners of the tent, frigid winds, and a slow leak in the air mattress. Our summer tent was not up to the punishment, so we took off to find some warm food at the nearest town.
Captured Sept 21 2013 8:35:25a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/45 sec @ f/3.3, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 21 2013 1:14:53a
GPS 40.531677° N latitude 121.564087° W longitude 1782 meters altitude

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Here’s where we ended up, a little diner on the edge of Burney, CA.
Captured Sept 21 2013 10:32:46a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source Apple iPad mini
Exposure 1/397 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 32, Flash off
GPS 40.889576° N latitude 121.653175° W longitude 949.33 meters altitude

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The way there, we spotted a place called "Subway Cave," that sounded just the adventure we were looking for on a rainy Saturday.
Captured Sept 21 2013 12:00:35p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords nice
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/125 sec @ f/5.6, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast

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The entrance to the lava tube was essentially a caved–in part of the roof, same as the exit.
Captured Sept 21 2013 11:36:48a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz, hdr
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700

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In between there were several large caverns and adjoining spaces, which proved challenging to photograph. I had Eliz wave her iPhone light around for this one.
Captured Sept 21 2013 11:45:19a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 4 sec @ f/2.8, ASA 800, Flash off, White balance overcast

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This is a frozen lava bubble Eliz found.
Captured Sept 21 2013 11:55:30a
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/15 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 800, Flash off

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The way out.
Captured Sept 21 2013 11:58:39a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz, Greg, hdr
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700

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On the way back into the park proper, the ranger told us there was a rock slide near the summit that had closed the road and the way to Bumpass Hell, which we had hoped to visit that day. We settled for checking out the Loomis Museum, which was right there at Manzanita Lake.
Captured Sept 21 2013 1:29:13p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source Apple iPad mini
Exposure 1/157 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 32, Flash off
GPS 40.536217° N latitude 121.563072° W longitude 1798.98 meters altitude

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This is one of the famous photos Benjamin Loomis took of the 1917 eruption.
Captured Sept 21 2013 12:39:56p
Subject Lassen
Owner Benjamin Loomis
Source Apple iPad mini
Exposure 1/24 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 100, Flash off
GPS 40.536263° N latitude 121.562988° W longitude 1798.16 meters altitude

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While we checking out the campground store, it started to snow! At first, no one could believe it, but we decided at that point that we _really_ didn’t want another night in our summer tent, and asked if any cabins were available. Luckily, there was one left, so we nabbed it.
Captured Sept 21 2013 3:22:24p
Subject Lassen
Keywords Eliz, Greg
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/60 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 64, Flash off
GPS 40.530792° N latitude 121.562035° W longitude 1806 meters altitude

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Going back to our campsite to fetch our luggage and sleeping bags, we found our tent covered in snow. Shortly after this was taken, the tent actually collapsed with Eliz inside. No one was hurt of course, but it couldn’t even handle a few pounds of snow accumulating on top.
Captured Sept 21 2013 3:30:59p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/45 sec @ f/3.3, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 21 2013 10:30:52p
GPS 40.526382° N latitude 121.561852° W longitude 1831 meters altitude

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The snow was definitely starting to stick, as we made our way to the nearby cabin.
Captured Sept 21 2013 3:46:21p
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/120 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 100, Flash off
GPS 40.526634° N latitude 121.561958° W longitude 1794 meters altitude

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The cabin itself was lovely and almost brand–new, complete with a gas heater. We made immediate use of that!
Captured Sept 21 2013 5:10:18p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source Apple iPad mini
Exposure 1/120 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 32, Flash off
GPS 40.530655° N latitude 121.563690° W longitude 1793.58 meters altitude

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While Eliz had a little rest in the cabin and warmed her bones, I wandered around the lake.
Captured Sept 21 2013 5:34:51p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords hdr, panorama
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
GMT Sept 22 2013 12:34:43a
GPS 40.531780° N latitude 121.564804° W longitude 1779 meters altitude

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It was very pretty after the snow.
Captured Sept 21 2013 5:43:06p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords hdr
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
GMT Sept 22 2013 12:42:58a
GPS 40.533432° N latitude 121.564705° W longitude 1777 meters altitude

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I saw a family of black–tailed deer.
Captured Sept 21 2013 6:02:31p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords photoshop, wildlife
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/90 sec @ f/4.8, ASA 400, Flash off, White balance daylight
GMT Sept 22 2013 1:02:23a
GPS 40.535927° N latitude 121.568153° W longitude 1790 meters altitude

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And an adorable little squirrel, that was more concerned about the possibility of losing this pine cone than she was about my camera.
Captured Sept 21 2013 6:42:02p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords wildlife
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/60 sec @ f/3.3, ASA 200, Flash on, White balance flash
GMT Sept 22 2013 1:41:54a
GPS 40.530952° N latitude 121.566658° W longitude 1793 meters altitude

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The next day was our last day, and a beautiful one from the start.
Captured Sept 22 2013 10:54:09a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz, Greg, nice
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/125 sec @ f/3.3, ASA 200, Flash on, White balance daylight
GMT Sept 22 2013 5:54:02p
GPS 40.530720° N latitude 121.563889° W longitude 1813 meters altitude

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We decided to both wander the lake’s perimeter, Eliz making use of her iPhone camera and me with my weighty DSLR.
Captured Sept 22 2013 10:03:32a
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/4255 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 50, Flash off
GPS 40.533710° N latitude 121.570915° W longitude 1771 meters altitude

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Here is an HDR image of Mt. Lassen in the background.
Captured Sept 22 2013 10:08:40a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords hdr
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
GMT Sept 22 2013 5:08:32p
GPS 40.533958° N latitude 121.570511° W longitude 1788 meters altitude

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And and HDR panorama of the whole lake.
Captured Sept 22 2013 10:07:36a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords hdr, panorama
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
GMT Sept 22 2013 5:07:28p
GPS 40.533707° N latitude 121.570847° W longitude 1788 meters altitude

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Eliz was photographing something in the water.
Captured Sept 22 2013 10:11:42a
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance daylight
GMT Sept 22 2013 5:11:34p
GPS 40.533943° N latitude 121.569618° W longitude 1790 meters altitude

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Definitely watter–logged.
Captured Sept 22 2013 10:12:00a
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/665 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 50, Flash off
GPS 40.533894° N latitude 121.569656° W longitude 1781 meters altitude

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After our little stroll, we went for a slightly more ambitious hike up to Crag Lake.
Captured Sept 22 2013 12:15:33p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/125 sec @ f/4, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 22 2013 7:15:26p
GPS 40.532295° N latitude 121.554039° W longitude 1861 meters altitude

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We saw some cool moss and fungi along the trail.
Captured Sept 22 2013 12:25:10p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords flowers
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/90 sec @ f/4.8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 22 2013 7:25:02p
GPS 40.534657° N latitude 121.550270° W longitude 1863 meters altitude

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Eliz on the trail.
Captured Sept 22 2013 1:02:00p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/350 sec @ f/9.5, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 22 2013 8:01:53p
GPS 40.532738° N latitude 121.535889° W longitude 1989 meters altitude

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Both of us on the trail. (Taken by a cooperative rock.)
Captured Sept 22 2013 1:03:55p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz, Greg
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 22 2013 8:03:48p
GPS 40.532124° N latitude 121.535477° W longitude 2018 meters altitude

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Eliz is about in the middle of what we determined must be "Crag Lake." Checking our brochure, we read that it often dries up towards the end of summer. Sigh.
Captured Sept 22 2013 2:05:26p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/350 sec @ f/9.5, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance daylight
GMT Sept 22 2013 9:05:19p
GPS 40.532444° N latitude 121.530701° W longitude 2021 meters altitude

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A panorama, showing just how craggy it really was there.
Captured Sept 22 2013 1:17:03p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords panorama, photoshop
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 22 2013 8:16:55p
GPS 40.532314° N latitude 121.530838° W longitude 2023 meters altitude

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Mountain side.
Captured Sept 22 2013 1:54:47p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance daylight
GMT Sept 22 2013 8:54:39p
GPS 40.533207° N latitude 121.529427° W longitude 2045 meters altitude

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Mountain man.
Captured Sept 22 2013 1:55:44p
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Keywords Greg
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/350 sec @ f/9.5, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance daylight
GMT Sept 22 2013 8:55:36p
GPS 40.533230° N latitude 121.529427° W longitude 2046 meters altitude

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Determined to make the most of our final day, we stopped to visit Bumpass Hell on our drive out. (Thankfully, they had reopened the road that morning.)
Captured Sept 22 2013 5:21:50p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz, hdr
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
GMT Sept 23 2013 12:21:42a
GPS 40.460670° N latitude 121.510040° W longitude 2532 meters altitude

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The trail offered some spectalcular panoramic views of the numerous peaks that make up the park.
Captured Sept 22 2013 5:18:58p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords hdr, panorama
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
GMT Sept 23 2013 12:18:50a
GPS 40.460735° N latitude 121.510063° W longitude 2534 meters altitude

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Here is an overveiw of Bumpass Hell, named after the man who found it and first gave tours to visitors before the park installed boardwalks to reduce the number of casualties.
Captured Sept 22 2013 4:32:51p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords photoshop
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/350 sec @ f/9.5, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance auto
GMT Sept 22 2013 11:32:44p
GPS 40.458435° N latitude 121.505180° W longitude 2548 meters altitude

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Nice pano of the unearthly scene.
Captured Sept 22 2013 5:00:55p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Keywords Eliz, nice, panorama, photoshop
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 23 2013 12:00:48a
GPS 40.457485° N latitude 121.502838° W longitude 2501 meters altitude

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The boardwalks definitely help.
Captured Sept 22 2013 4:58:45p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast

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Some of the water looked quite inviting.
Captured Sept 22 2013 4:53:26p
Subject Lassen
Owner Elizabeth Addison
Source Apple iPhone 4S
Exposure 1/197 sec @ f/2.4, ASA 50, Flash off
GPS 40.458160° N latitude 121.500854° W longitude 2500 meters altitude

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Other pools, not so much.
Captured Sept 22 2013 4:56:00p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f/8, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 22 2013 11:55:53p
GPS 40.457230° N latitude 121.500748° W longitude 2501 meters altitude

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This would have parboiled you in a few minutes if you took the extreme spa challenge....
Captured Sept 22 2013 6:00:55p
Subject Lassen
Owner Greg Ward
Source NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure 1/180 sec @ f/6.7, ASA 200, Flash off, White balance overcast
GMT Sept 23 2013 1:00:47a
GPS 40.449451° N latitude 121.534561° W longitude 2132 meters altitude

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