Got tension in your life? See what happens when Mother Earth gets tense, up close and personal. Crack in the Ground, in south central Oregon, was formed some 10,000 years ago when volcanoes erupted in the desolate Fort Rock Basin. Subsequent earthquakes put pressure on existing fault lines and the resulting tension ripped open long fissures in the ground. Virtually all of these fissures filled up with lava or caved in. At Crack-in-the-Ground, however, the gash is still open and stretches two miles long and up to 70 feet below the surface of the earth.
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Issue #3 of the Oregon Lakes & Riversonline magazinewill feature a 40-page spread of geological destinations in Oregon, including Crater Lake, Smith Rock, Oregon Caves, Hart Mountain, Devil's Punchbowl, and many more. 

We will also be creating an online guidebook to same, with extensive details on area travel, lodging and recreation. If you have high quality, high resolution images of these areas, we'd love to see them!  See the complete list of destinations and submission guidelines here.