The other day, friends I've been visiting in Oregon took me to Crater Lake. the deepest lake in the US and the 9th deepest in the world. At it's deepest point, the lake is 1,943 feet deep. It is the next deepest lake in the world after Canada's Great Slave Lake, which is 2,015 feet deep.
According to the National Park Service of the US' Department of Interior, a massive volcanic eruption 7,700 years ago created a deep basin in the place where there was once a mountain peak. Eventually, centuries of rain and show filled the basin, forming a deep blue lake whose waters are of unmatched color and clarity.
Below are pictures of Crater Lake.
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Source: googleimages.com  |
Posted with Aloha from Albany, Oregon
- Ariel Murphy
Fantastic photos
ReplyDeleteBut not as fantastic as yours Hanspi! Thank you and aloha!
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