Talk:Crater Lake

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Contents 1 Older comments 2 New Photo 3 More photos 4 Mt Mazama eruption 5 WP:LAKES 6 Depth 7 Alge? 8 Discuss external links here 9 Fish 10 Wizard Island

[edit] Older comments

Ugh, that photo of Crater Lake is terrible. The entry talks about Crater Lake's famous deep blue color, but has this as a picture?

I was there this past weekend and have some great pictures - I think a change is in order

The one that's there has a nice perspective of most of the lake. If we can't get both perspective and the blue color, then this one could just be moved further down in the article. I agree about its color--even I've got photos that show the amazing blue, although the photo compositions aren't all that great, so I've not uploaded. Elf | Talk 22:14, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

I have some photos of crater lake that show very dark blue color. I also have a series of picture that I took panning around in 180° view angle. I need to find a good software to stitch these adjacent views into a panorama. Any good recommendations of such tool? Kowloonese 22:22, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Adobe Photoshop does an excellent job; Adobe Photoshop Elements does a halfway decent job at a fraction of the price. Elf | Talk 22:42, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Photo

I was the first poster here earlier today - I've uploaded one of my panoramas of the lake I took this weekend. Haven't fixed the blending issues yet, but as soon as I do I plan to replace this file with the new one. For now, this one is much better than what was on there by itself. --Boy1der80 00:31, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Nice! Elf | Talk 01:08, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Lovely photo! Thanks very much for contributing it. — Catherine\^talk 03:31, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More photos

I have some more photos of Crater Lake on my Flickr site that I could transfer over to the Commons, but I'm not sure if they're needed for this article or not. You can find them here [1], and I can upload higher-res versions of any of those if folks would like. MC MasterChef 10:36, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

I'd say that if you have a photo that provides a significantly different view or info, then yes; otherwise you might try Crater Lake National Park to add photos of the rest of the park, including for example the lodge, the heavy snow on the roads a good portion of hte year, etc. Elf | Talk 15:40, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mt Mazama eruption

Standard radiocarbon (14C) dating of the eruption is 6860 BP, but this does not mean year 4860 BC. Instead, this mean ca 5700 BC.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_year

Compare calibration curves according to http://www.calpal-online.de/ and http://radiocarbon.ldeo.columbia.edu/research/radcarbcal.htm

Sincerely, 84.10.74.91, Poland

[edit] WP:LAKES

Em3rald 21:54, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

• I have added this lake to WP:LAKES and as such have included the infobox as referenced in the banner shown above. I also reformatted the article in terms of layout with the purpose of consolidating elements. For example, the picture regarding the clarity of the water should logically be associated with the section about water quality. I also moved the panoramic to the top of the page and formatted it to about 400 pixels. This should display correctly on monitor resolutions upwards of 1024x768. If anyone has lower resolution than this, you might try to fix the layout such that the panoramic doesn't cause formatting issues. In the event that it proves too dificult to format successfully, move the panoramic to the bottom of the article. Em3rald 21:53, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
  • I see User:Vsmith shuffled the images ... unfortunately, it caused some other issues ... I will format again.

Works, but created a one word paragraph width at the start of the geology section which was a problem - reduced image size to standard thumb for a better fit. Vsmith 23:36, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

• Good job. Looks great, thanks for the help! Now to verify some of the facts & figures ... Em3rald 15:40, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Depth

So is it 594 or 597 m deep? We should only show one 'official' depth, even if different sources vary slightly.

[edit] Alge?

The two times i have been to crater lake I saw what seemed to be a massive orange/brown algee plume on the surface near the edges. What is this?

I don't have an answer to your question, but maybe you should go to the reference desk and post your question at the bottom of the miscellaneous or science area. Bibliomaniac15 00:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discuss external links here

Editors regularly clean out undiscussed links from this article. Please discuss here if you want a link not to be cleaned out regularly. (You can help!) Katr67 05:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fish

I once read somewhere that Crater Lake didnt have fish until it was stocked with trout and salmon in the late 1880s. Any truth to this? If so, it should be added. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.182.22.63 (talk • contribs).

Yep, I searched for a reference for this awhile back—couldn't find one. —EncMstr 09:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Accoring to The Fish of Crater Lake "1.8 million trout and salmon stocked in the lake between 1888 and 1941" and it was fish free prior to that, if no one has added a reference to the article I will add one when I get a chance. --Burntnickel 12:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wizard Island

An anon added this info to the article:

There is no pedestrian access allowed to Wizard Island. Only scientists and geologists are allowed to go on the island.

Aside from the fact that "pedestrian access" would be impossible, it is interesting, if it is true, that the public isn't allowed to visit the island. If a source is found, this would probably be better placed in the Wizard Island article. Katr67 19:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I have been to Wizard Island, by boat, a number of years ago, so I don't think this is valid. Unless things have changed. Nationalparks 21:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I, too, have been on Wizard Island, about 1992. I also did scuba off the docks of Wizard Island. It was chilly, and murkier than expected. There was little to see, except a few fish, some strange algae which looked like a cross between bull kelp and bubble wrap, and all kinds of sunglasses, jewelry, camera accessories, coins, etc. If I recall, Phantom Ship is restricted to scientists.

The park's FAQs (under Are there any fish in the lake? Where can I go fishing?) say that fishing is permitted from Wizard Island. —EncMstr 21:37, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

According to Day Hikes you are allowed to hike on Wizard Island. I have visited the park and this required a boat ride to and from the island, but you are indeed allowed to do so. I'll update the article when I get a chance if no one beats me to it. --Burntnickel 12:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)