Purple Mountain Majesty is a photograph by Marnie Patchett which was uploaded on July 17th, 2016.
Purple Mountain Majesty
Panorama of Mt. Shasta from Slough Road through the thistle along the roadside. This was on the way to Grandma and Grandpa's ranch when I was young... more
Title
Purple Mountain Majesty
Artist
Marnie Patchett
Medium
Photograph
Description
Panorama of Mt. Shasta from Slough Road through the thistle along the roadside. This was on the way to Grandma and Grandpa's ranch when I was young growing up in Siskiyou County in Northern California.
Mount Shasta is a potentially active volcano located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 feet (4321.8 m), it is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California.
During the last 10,000 years, Mount Shasta has erupted an average of every 800 years, but in the past 4,500 years the volcano has erupted an average of every 600 years. The last significant eruption on Mount Shasta may have occurred about two centuries ago.
The lore of some of the Klamath Tribes in the area held that Mount Shasta is inhabited by the Spirit of the Above-World, Skell, who descended from heaven to the mountain's summit at the request of a Klamath chief. Skell fought with Spirit of the Below-World, Llao, who resided at Mount Mazama by throwing hot rocks and lava, probably representing the volcanic eruptions at both mountains.
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July 17th, 2016
