Sunday, October 14, 2007

A Beautiful Dimple In The Earth

This is a partial view of Crater Lake in Southern Oregon. Located one hundred miles east of the Pacific Ocean, this lake was created 7,700 years ago by a violent volcanic explosion. It is the deepest lake in the United States, at 1,943 feet, and the seventh deepest lake in the world.

The water in the lake is almost pure, relatively free of any sediments, algae, pesticides and pollution; because of that, it absorbs all the colors of the spectrum except the blues, which is the reason it appears as blue as it does. There are over four and a half trillion gallons of it!

The weather was gorgeous, there was snow on the mountain tops and the wildlife was active. We can now check another "must see" off our list.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, what an awesome place that must have been - love the photo!

Ro

Abby said...

Isn't that place great! I saw it for the first time this summer during my week in Oregon. Not only was it beautiful but the high elevation, sunny day and my pale skin combined to form my only lasting suntan from the summer. Great picture.

Maddie Clark said...

What a beautiful picture! I just stumbled across your blog today--very interesting. I wonder if you and your boyfriend share the driving.

Michelle | Bleeding Espresso said...

Wow wow wow.

Excellent detour.

Anonymous said...

...lovely pictures! And a truly lovely gesture sending that fantastic camera all the way to Sognatrice!

Anonymous said...

Here from bleeding espresso...you are AWESOME for sending her your camera. May your generosity be returned to you 100 fold! :)

Geggie said...

Just found you from bleeding espresso. How nice you are...that whole giving her your camera business. Looks like the new camera works beautifully, too.

Dee said...

Your heart is as beautiful as the picture!
Sognatrice clearly loves the camera!
It's amazing and fantastic that you travel as much as you do. God wouldn't I love to be in your shoes.

Scott said...

Awesome picture, and I'm sure it was even better in person. I've got to get out there and explore.

Anonymous said...

Yeah Maddie we do both drive, in fact Salena is has just achieved her one year of safe driving qualifying her to drive without me in the truck. Wait! Where did my truck go? COME BACK! COME BACK!!!!