Friday, August 31, 2007

Deepest blue: Crater Lake

On my latest motorcycle trip I got a chance to see Crater Lake in Oregon.

The lake is in the middle of a park about 1 hour south of Bend, OR, and about 2 hours north of the California border. It is an old volcano that erupted for thousands of years creating a massive whole.
Snow and underground springs feed the lake. It is uninhabited, so I assume the water should be quite clean. I have never seen a deeper blue. I don't know if minerals from the old volcano eruption, or what, but I'm curious to know if there is any other body of water with a deeper blue. Pictures don't do it justice. The view is spectacular, and ride up the mountain is sublime.

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