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Under Rainier’s crater, a natural laboratory like no other
- edge17 12y agoamazing article. i've been up there a few times, had no idea what was under my feet
- runjake 12y agoTrivia: There's a small Piper airplane frozen into the ceiling of one of those caves near the summit. Edit: According to the link JoeAltmaier pasted below, the plane has now fallen off of the ceiling. It was pretty weird to see it just hanging there, at the time.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoInterview but no pictures: http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/travel-ta-secrets-from-the-park-ranger-files-sidwcmdev_159133.html http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/travel-ta-secrets-from-the-p...
- autism_hurts 12y agoFascinated with this type of geologic activity? Check out Lassen National Park. Or actually, please don't -- because it's the most pristine and beautiful national park in California that isn't overrun with tourists.