Crater Lake Oregon

Another lake, this time one inside a crater. Unfortunately it was a cloudy day on our visit which meant the water wasn't as strikingly blue as it appears most days apparently, but still beautiful. The rim is 8000 feet up so when we got out of the car in our shorts we were cold for the first time on this trip, really cold. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the States at almost 600 metres at the deepest point. The depth was first measured in 1886 as 608m using piano wire and a lead weight and when the measurement was taken again in 2000 using the latest scientific testing equipment it was 592m. Pretty impressive effort by the piano guys.

Here's our photo but I'll add one I found online so you can see the lake's normal appearance.