Dardanelles Lake features a photogenic granitic cliff that plunges into the water at one end...
Rushes are round, and sedges have edges: both present in this boggy patch along the Dardanelles trail...
Round Lake is down a few feet during this drought year...
Gin, anyone?
Thunder Mountain is a long ridge made of volcanic rocks. The summit is the molar just left of the deep gap about a quarter of the way from the right end of the ridge...
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The breathtaking view of Silver Lake from the summit...
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Crazy layered volcanic formation...
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The flowers are mostly well past their prime this year, but apparently these rock fringe didn't get the memo...
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Colorful lichens LOVE the volcanic rocks...
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