Crater Lake
April 30th 2006 Around 5700 BC Mt. Mazama, one of the tallest mountains in what is now the Northwestern US, underwent a cataclysmic eruption. The result was a hollow mountain with its top missing. Over time it has filled with rain and snow forming a crystal-clear lake almost 2,000 ft deep, the deepest in the US and 7th deepest in the world. The lake lies in one of the heaviest snowfall areas in Oregon, averagi
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