An Eye on the World...
Perched at 4,791 feet (1,460 meters) atop the
lava flows near Crescent and Hippo buttes, the Visitor Center building
provides a fantastic view of the park. Mounted in a high window on the
north side of the building, the camera views the long slope of the
Medicine Lake shield volcano as it enters the Tule Lake Basin. Past the
small western juniper forest, the Three Sisters cinder cones can be seen
on the right near mid-frame. In the distance, the cliffs of the
Peninsula and Petroglyph Point can be seen before the long ridges at the
other side of the basin. At night, the lights of the small town of
Newell and the scattered farms and ranches light up the horizon, roughly
20 miles away.
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