Fly-by Movie

Experience the flight through the lake floor of Crater Lake. This 1 minute flight takes us through the ridges and valleys of the shaded-relief bathymetry and surrounding mountains of Crater Lake. The flight approaches from the south, flies around the lake floor in a clockwise direction, passing over Wizard Island, Merriam Cone, the deep East Basin, central platform, and rhyodacite dome.

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Warning:
The QuickTime movies are extremely big files. Please do not attempt to download this on a slow modem.

Click here to download the Crater Lake fly-by movie:

4 MB Crater Lake fly-by movie.
Approximate time to download:
13 minutes on a 56.8 k modem.
50 minutes on a 14.4 k modem.

22 MB Crater Lake fly-by movie.
Approximate time to download:
1 hour on a 56.8 k modem.
4.5 hours on a 14.4 k modem.

Note: The 4 MB Crater Lake fly-by movie is a clipped version of the 22 MB Crater Lake fly-by movie.

This QuickTime movie of the bathymetry at Crater Lake was created by USGS Coastal & Marine Geology.

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