The Old Man of the Lake
Crater Lake is a pretty amazing place. It is a lake which exists inside a collapsed volcanic caldera. It is not fed by streams, but strictly from rainfall and snow melt. As such, its water is unbelievably - even impossibly - clear. So clear that mosses are able to grow and photosynthesize even under 350 feet of water.
The sides of the lake's caldera are suicidally steep, and lead straight down into the water in many places. This may be partly responsible for the lake's most famous resident, the Old Man of the Lake.
The sides of the lake's caldera are suicidally steep, and lead straight down into the water in many places. This may be partly responsible for the lake's most famous resident, the Old Man of the Lake.
