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  • The deep blue color of Crater Lake is visible in this early spring aerial view over Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, located in the caldera of what was once Oregon's Mount Mazama, is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest in the world. Its deep blue color results from the clarity of the water. The water is so clear that sunlight travels deep into the lake, losing all but the blue wavelengths in the process. Crater Lake has a maximum depth of 1,946 feet (593 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder cone that rises about 755 feet (230 meters) above the lake, is visible at the bottom-center of the lake in this image.
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  • A hint of golden sunrise color shines through the dark storm clouds hovering over Wizard Island and Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, the deepest fresh water lake in North America, is located in a caldera at the top of what was once Mount Mazama. A massive eruption around 5,700 B.C. caused the mountain to collapse. While the Wizard Island cone is long dormant, there is some hydrothermal activity at the bottom of Crater Lake, suggesting the mountain is still active.
    CraterLake_Stormy-Sunrise_6604.jpg
  • A dusting of snow covers the branches that frame a series of small cascades in Twenty-Two Creek, located in the Lake Twenty Two Research Natural Area in the Cascades of Washington state.
    WA_Twenty-Two-Creek_Winter_4440.jpg
  • Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis) grows under a fiery sunrise at the edge of Mono Lake in Mono County, California. Mono Lake has no outlet, so salt accumulates and makes the water alkeline. Limestone columns called tufa towers are visible in the lake. Tufa towers form under water. They were exposed when Los Angeles diverted some of the fresh water that feeds the lake, causing the lake level to drop.
    Mono-Lake_Rabbitbrush_Sunrise_0748.jpg
  • Some bark remains intact around the base of a dead tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The lake level dropped after a prolonged flood, exposing the stump and the preserved bark that's pulling away from it.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Bark-Exposed-Peelin...jpg
  • Several rocks are trapped in the roots of a dead tree that was submerged in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, for 100 years. The lake level dropped after most of the water was lost in a prolonged drought.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Stump-Rocks-Roots_8...jpg
  • A pair of American coots (Fulica americana) swim among bulrush stalks as the sun sets over Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Coots-American_Bulrush_Sunset_Lake-S...jpg
  • American coots (Fulica americana) begin to take flight from an area where they were feeding on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington. The American coot is also sometimes called a mud hen or pouldeau. This image was captured from Marymoor Park, a King County park that attracts more than 3 million visitors each year.
    Coots-American_Flock_Lake-Sammamish_...jpg
  • Fog rises off Alder Lake and is turned red by the rising sun near Eatonville, Washington. Alder Lake is a reservoir created by a dam on the Nisqually River.
    WA_Alder-Lake_Morning-Fog_8857.jpg
  • A maple tree frames Eagle Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Acadia National Park, Maine. Eagle Lake is 436 acres in size and as much as 110 feet deep. Acadia National Park is located on Mount Desert Island.
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  • The gnarled, twisted stump of a dead tree submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, is exposed after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lose nearly all of its water.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Stump_8478.jpg
  • Rough bark was mostly preserved on a log submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The log reemerged after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lose nearly all of its water.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Bark-Patter...jpg
  • Bighorn Lake and Bighorn Canyon, part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, are visible in this aerial view captured southwest of Yellowtail, Montana. Bighorn Lake is a reservoir formed by Yellowtail Dam, which was finished in 1965. When the reservoir is full, the lake extends 72 miles (115 kilometers) — the entire length of Bighorn Canyon — into Wyoming.
    Montana_Bighorn-Lake_Aerial_3759.jpg
  • Several large cracks, some caused by rocks tumbling from the steep, rocky walls that surround the lake, are visible in the ice on Lake Crowley, located near Mammoth Lakes in Mono County, California.
    CA_Lake-Crowley_Cracks-In-Ice_6761.jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads show a variety of autumn colors as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
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  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Lake-Sammamish_9...jpg
  • American coots (Fulica americana) begin to take flight from an area where they were feeding on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington. The American coot is also sometimes called a mud hen or pouldeau. This image was captured from Marymoor Park, a King County park that attracts more than 3 million visitors each year.
    Coots-American_Flock_Lake-Sammamish_...jpg
  • American coots (Fulica americana) begin to take flight from an area where they were feeding on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington. The American coot is also sometimes called a mud hen or pouldeau. This image was captured from Marymoor Park, a King County park that attracts more than 3 million visitors each year.
    Coots-American_Flock_Lake-Sammamish_...jpg
  • A small rock rests next to a large crack in the ice on Rattlesnake Lake, located in King County, Washington, near the city of North Bend.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Ice_Crack_Rock_8555.jpg
  • Rocks on the the bed of Rattlesnake Lake in King County, Washington, are visible through clear windows on the otherwise frosted frozen lake surface.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Ice_Frosted-Window_...jpg
  • The rocky bed of Rattlesnake Lake in King County, Washington, is visible through a hole in the ice that covers the lake.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Ice_Hole_8612.jpg
  • Low-level clouds frame a towering cumulonimbus cloud during a severe thunderstorm over Lake Michigan in this view from Chicago, Illinois.
    Thunderstorm_Lake-Michigan_Chicago_6...jpg
  • Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, is reflected in the waters of Lake Mangamahoe near New Plymouth, New Zealand at sunrise. Red and pink clouds, colored by the warm light of sunrise, arc over the mountain and lake. The 8,261-foot (2,518-meter) mountain is still considered an active volcano; it last erupted in 1854.
    NZ_Taranaki_Lake-Mangamahoe_Sunrise_...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, some of which are turning yellow in autumn, float in the reflection of a cumulus cloud, which is picking up the golden color of sunset, on Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Cloud-Reflections_Lake-...jpg
  • The sun shines through thick fog that has settled over Borst Lake in Snoqualmie, Washington.
    WA_Snoqualmie_Borst-Lake_Foggy_9471.jpg
  • Several thousand stalactites hang over and are reflected on Dream Lake, one of the wonders in the Luray Caverns in Virginia.
    VA_Luray-Caverns_Dream-Lake_9364c.jpg
  • Pollen streaks across Lake Dorothy, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington state.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Lake-Dorothy_Pollen_...jpg
  • On an autumn morning, fog envelops Indigo Lake, located in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Indigo-Lake_Fo...jpg
  • The gnarled, twisted stump of a dead tree submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, is exposed after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lose nearly all of its water.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Stump-Detai...jpg
  • Some bark remains intact around the base of a dead tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The lake level dropped after a prolonged flood, exposing the stump and the preserved bark that's pulling away from it.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Bark-Exposed-Peelin...jpg
  • Colorful swirls and streaks stand out from the bleached remains of a tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The log reemerged after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lost nearly all of its water.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Bark-Exposed-Log_84...jpg
  • Colorful swirls and streaks stand out from the bleached remains of a tree that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The log reemerged after a prolonged drought caused the lake to lost nearly all of its water.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Bark-Exposed-Log_84...jpg
  • A small patch of rough bark contrasts with the rest of the tree's smooth, weathered trunk, submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The stump reemerged after the lake lost most of its water in a prolonged drought.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Bark-Exposed-Stump_...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads begin to take on golden autumn color as they float on Lake Sammamish in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Autumn_Lake-Sammamish_9...jpg
  • Numerous water lily pads turn yellow in autumn, mimicking the golden color of a sunset over Lake Sammamish in this view from Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The fragrant water lily is a perennial aquatic plant, typically found in freshwater lakes and ponds and slow-moving streams where the water has a depth of between 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters).
    WA_Lake-Sammamish_Autumn_Sunset_Mary...jpg
  • A basalt wall is partially reflected onto the water of McMannaman Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.
    WA_Columbia-NWR_McMannaman-Lake_8782.jpg
  • Mount Rainier and Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) are reflected on Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier, which has a summit of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the highest mountain in Washington state and largest volcano in the Cascade Range. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
    Rainer_Comet-Neowise_Reflection-Lake...jpg
  • Mount Rainier and Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) are reflected on Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier, which has a summit of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the highest mountain in Washington state and largest volcano in the Cascade Range. Comet NEOWISE is a long-period comet and its current orbital path will take about 6,800 years to complete. Its nucleus is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) across and is covered with sooty, dark particles left over from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
    Rainer_Comet-Neowise_Reflection-Lake...jpg
  • Golden Larch trees (Pseudolarix amabilis) at the peak of their fall color surround Blue Lake near Washington Pass in the North Cascades of Washington state. Golden Larches, while not considered true larches, are known for shedding their needles each fall. The needles grow back each spring and transition from deep green to blue green over the course of the summer. In late September or early October, the needles turn golden and drop, just like the leaves on deciduous trees. Several peaks are visible above the lake. From left to right, the peaks are Liberty Bell and the Early Winters Spires.
    North-Cascades_Blue-Lake_Larches_Gol...jpg
  • Steam fog seems to erupt from a small pool on an island within Sparks Lake in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend, Oregon. The island is covered with yellow spear-leaf arnica (Arnica longifolia) flowers in mid-summer. Broken Top Mountain rises in the back left of the image. Broken Top, which stands 9,177 feet (2,797 meters) tall, is a stratovolcano that last erupted about 100,000 years ago and has since been eroded by glaciers.
    OR_Sparks-Lake_Broken-Top_Wildflower...jpg
  • The cliffs surrounding Mowich Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, cast their golden reflections on the lake's surface in the late evening.
    RainierNP_Mowich-Lake_Golden-Reflect...jpg
  • A killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) walks around the edge of Kendall Lake in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Kendall-Lake_K...jpg
  • Morning fog partially obscures the autumn trees and their reflections on Kendall Lake, located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Kendall-Lake_F...jpg
  • The first hints of autumn color are visible through fog over Kendall Lake in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Kendall-Lake_F...jpg
  • On an autumn morning, fog envelops Indigo Lake, located in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Indigo-Lake_Fo...jpg
  • Ice covering Rattlesnake Lake in King County, Washington, also attempts to reach around a large rock on the lakebed.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Ice_Rock_8591.jpg
  • A prolonged drought lowered the water level of Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, exposing a tree stump that had been submerged for 100 years.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Stump_8436.jpg
  • Swirling patterns and streaks of gold are visible in an exposed stump that had been submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington. The stump was exposed when the lake level dropped during a drought.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Stump_Detai...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, which are beginning to show their autumn colors, float on Lake Sammamish among bulrush and fern stalks in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Cloud-Reflections_Lake-...jpg
  • Fragrant water lily pads, which are beginning to show their autumn colors, float on Lake Sammamish among bulrush and fern stalks in this view from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Bulrush_Autumn_Lake-Sam...jpg
  • A patch of lily pads seems to form a circle around the reflection of the trees lining Kendall Lake in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
    OH_Cuyahoga-Valley-NP_Kendall-Lake_L...jpg
  • The sun's rays stretch across the frozen Borst Lake as the sun rises alongside Mount Si, a 4167-foot (1270-meter) mountain in North Bend, Washington.
    Mount-Si_Borst-Lake_Frozen_Sunrise_8...jpg
  • Watergrass on Picture Lake frames a reflection of Mount Hermann in the North Cascades of Washington state.
    North-Cascades_Watergrass_Picture-La...jpg
  • A pair of old bulrush stalks rise from a cluster of fragrant water lily pads in Lake Sammamish from Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Water-Lilies_Bulrush_Autumn_Lake-Sam...jpg
  • Frost coats several fallen leaves and the ground cover near Spada Lake in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Autumn-Leaves_Frost_Spada-Lake_6804.jpg
  • A prolonged drought lowered the water level of Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, exposing an extremely large tree stump that had been submerged for 100 years.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Stump_8433.jpg
  • Roots from an old tree, submerged for 100 years in Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, reach out of the cracking mud exposed after a prolonged drought.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Tree-Roots_...jpg
  • A prolonged drought lowered the water level of Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, exposing a tree stump that had been submerged for 100 years.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Stump_8377.jpg
  • A prolonged drought lowered the water level of Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, exposing tree bark that had been submerged for 100 years.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Bark_8392.jpg
  • A prolonged drought lowered the water level of Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, Washington, exposing tree stumps that had been submerged for 100 years.
    Rattlesnake-Lake_Exposed-Stump_Frame...jpg
  • The setting sun colors wispy cirrus clouds that reflect in an unnamed lake in Sagle, Idaho.
    Idaho_Sagle_Lake_Sunset_0416.jpg
  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    GlacierNP_LakeMcDonaldSunrise_F03-52...jpg
  • The sunrise lights up Eagle Falls which flows high above Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the sixteenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 meters). The lake was formed by a fracture in the Earth's crust that resulted in the Sierra Nevada mountains and Carson Range (visible in the background).
    CA_LakeTahoe_EagleFalls_Sunrise_9457.jpg
  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    Glacier_LakeMcDonald_StormySunrise_1...jpg
  • The rising sun clears the eastern caldera rim of Crater Lake, Oregon. Wizard Island, a dormant volcanic cone formed after the cataclysmic eruption of the ancient Mount Mazama, is visible in the foreground. Crater Lake, protected as a national park, is the deepest freshwater lake in North America.
    CraterLake_Sunrise_9990.jpg
  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    GlacierNP_LakeMcDonaldSunrise_1047.jpg
  • The golden light of sunset colors the rocks at the south edge of Lake Ontario near Niagara On The Lake, Ontario, Canada. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes, and with a surface area of 7,340 square miles (18,960 km²), it ranks as the 14th largest lake in the world. In the Wyandot (Huron) language, ontarío means "Lake of Shining Waters."
    LakeOntario_NiagaraOnTheLake_9439.jpg
  • Several mountains in the Canadian Rockies reflect in the turquoise-colored Moraine Lake, located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, at sunrise. This area is known as the Valley of the Ten Peaks, named for the ten tall mountains at the lake's edge. Moraine Lake has a unique aqua color that results from the silt deposited by glaciers.
    Banff_MoraineLake_Sunrise_8278.jpg
  • A natural nighttime pillar of light known as the Zodiacal Light shines above and is reflected in Crater Lake, Oregon. The Zodiacal Light results from the sun shining on dust particles left behind by comets. The dust particles - the largest of which are believed to be just 0.3 mm and miles from its nearest neighboring particle - orbit the sun in a range from Mars to beyond Jupiter. Visible year-round in the tropics, the Zodiacal Light is best viewed immediately around the spring and fall solstice farther from the equator. The planet Venus, the brightest object in the sky, is visible near the peak of the Zodiacal Light and is also reflected in Crater Lake. The Milky Way, visible on the right, intersects with the Zodiacal Light at the top-center of the image. Crater Lake, which is actually a caldera, formed when Mount Mazama erupted violently about 7,700 years ago, causing its summit to collapse. Subsequent eruptions sealed the caldera, trapping rain water and snowmelt, forming the lake, which has a maximum depth of 1,949 feet (594 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder code, is visible in the foreground.
    CraterLake_ZodiacalLight_9620.jpg
  • The sun sets behind the rim of Crater Lake in this view from the Cloud Cap Overlook in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, which is actually a caldera, formed when Mount Mazama erupted violently about 7,700 years ago, causing its summit to collapse. Subsequent eruptions sealed the caldera, trapping rain water and snowmelt, forming the lake, which has a maximum depth of 1,949 feet (594 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder cone, is visible in the lake just beneath the sun; Phantom Ship, another remnant of volcanic activity, is visible as an island on the left side of the image.
    CraterLake_CloudCap_Sunset_9744.jpg
  • A natural nighttime pillar of light known as the Zodiacal Light shines above and is reflected in Crater Lake, Oregon. The Zodiacal Light results from the sun shining on dust particles from old comets. The dust particles - the largest of which are believed to be just 0.3 mm and miles from its nearest neighboring particle - orbit the sun in a range from Mars to beyond Jupiter. Visible year-round in the tropics, the Zodiacal Light is best viewed immediately around the spring and fall solstice farther from the equator. The planet Venus, the brightest object in the sky, is visible near the peak of the Zodiacal Light and is also reflected in Crater Lake. The Milky Way, visible on the right, intersects with the Zodiacal Light at the top-center of the image. Crater Lake, which is actually a caldera, formed when Mount Mazama erupted violently about 7,700 years ago, causing its summit to collapse. Subsequent eruptions sealed the caldera, trapping rain water and snowmelt, forming the lake, which has a maximum depth of 1,949 feet (594 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder code, is visible in the foreground.
    CraterLake_ZodiacalLight_9909.jpg
  • Several tufa columns are turned golden by the rising sun at Mono Lake, California. Tufa forms only underwater. When calcium-rich springs flow up through the lake bottom, the calcium bonds to the carbonates in the lake water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The solid material builds on itself, gradually forming a tufa tower. The tufa towers form only underwater; they were exposed when the lake was drained to provide drinking water for cities. After environmental groups took legal action, less water is being diverted for cities and the lake is slowly refilling.
    CA_MonoLake_Tufas_Golden_9336.jpg
  • Ruby Peak (left) and Mount Owen are reflected in Lake Irwin, located near Crested Butte, Colorado, at sunrise. Located in Gunnison County, Ruby Peak has an elevation of 12641 feet (3853 meters); Mount Owen is slightly taller with an elevation of 13058 feet (3980 meters). Lake Irwrin, also known as Lake Brennand, was formed in 1963 with the completion of the Lake Brennand Dam.
    CO_LakeIrwin_2076.jpg
  • Thousands of stars and the planet Venus shine over Crater Lake in Oregon just before sunrise. The planet Venus is the brightest object in the sky and is visible near the center of the image and reflected in the lake. Crater Lake, which is actually a caldera, formed when Mount Mazama erupted violently about 7,700 years ago, causing its summit to collapse. Subsequent eruptions sealed the caldera, trapping rain water and snowmelt, forming the lake, which has a maximum depth of 1,949 feet (594 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder code, is visible in the foreground.
    CraterLake_Stars_Dawn_9769.jpg
  • The sunrise colors the storm clouds passing over the mountains along Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana. Lake McDonald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and over a mile (1.6 km) wide. Filling a valley that was carved by glaciers, the lake is 472 feet (130 m) deep.
    GlacierNP_LakeMcDonaldSunrise_F03-52...jpg
  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) takes off with a scrap of food from a tufa in Mono Lake, California. Tufa are limestone columnns that form naturally due to a chemical reaction in the lake. They form underwater and were exposed when the lake level dropped.
    Osprey_MonoLake_Tufa_0867.jpg
  • Thick fog seems to originate from the volcanic cone of Wizard Island, located in Crater Lake, Oregon. Crater Lake, the deepest fresh water lake in North America, is located in a caldera at the top of what was once Mount Mazama. A massive eruption around 5,700 B.C. caused the mountain to collapse. While the Wizard Island cone is long dormant, there is some hydrothermal activity at the bottom of Crater Lake, suggesting the mountain is still active.
    CraterLakeFog.jpg
  • A triangular iceberg floats in Frozen Lake, located in the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. While the lake surface thaws in the summer, it's usually surrounded by large packs of snow and ice year-round. The lake serves as the water supply for the Sunrise area of the park.
    RainierNP_FrozenLake_4403.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1028.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0964.jpg
  • Mount Rainier is partially reflected in a tarn in a meadow along Reflection Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier, with an elevation of 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), is the tallest mountain in Washington and the highest mountain in the Cascade Range.
    Rainier_ReflectionLake_Grasses_3813.jpg
  • Large limestone formations, known as tufa, rise from Mono Lake in eastern California. The tufa result from calcium-rich springs that flow up from the bottom of the lake. The calcium bonds to carbonates in the water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The calcium carbonate builds on itself, gradually forming towering columns. Those columns grow only when under water; they stop growing when the lake level drops and they are exposed.
    CA_MonoLake_Sunrise_Silhouette_9259.jpg
  • The rising sun clears the eastern caldera rim of Crater Lake, Oregon. Wizard Island, a dormant volcanic cone formed after the cataclysmic eruption of the ancient Mount Mazama, is visible near the center of the image. Crater Lake, protected as a national park, is the deepest freshwater lake in North America.
    CraterLakeSunrise.jpg
  • Crater Lake, located in the caldera of what was once Oregon's Mount Mazama, is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest in the world. Its deep blue color results from the clarity of the water. The water is so clear that sunlight travels deep into the lake, losing all but the blue wavelengths in the process.
    CraterLake_Aerial_8772.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1018.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0973.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0977.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0995.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1014.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1049.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1045.jpg
  • A large sheet of ice is reflected in Frozen Lake, located in the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. While the lake surface thaws in the summer, it's usually surrounded by large packs of snow and ice year-round. The lake serves as the water supply for the Sunrise area of the park.
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  • Several mountains in the Canadian Rockies tower over Moraine Lake, located in Banff National Park. This area is known as the Valley of the Ten Peaks, named for the ten tall mountains at the lake's edge. Moraine Lake has a unique aqua color that results from the silt deposited by glaciers.
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  • Several mountains that make up the Canadian Rockies are reflected in Herbert Lake. The lake, surrounded by summer wildflowers, is located in Banff National Park, Alberta.
    BanffHerbertLakeWildflowers.jpg
  • A male ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) displaying its breeding plumage rests on Scriber Lake in Lynnwood, Washington. Ring-necked ducks are found on small, wooded ponds. They feed by diving and mainly eat aquatic plants and insects and small fish.
    RingNeckedDuck_ScriberLake_0382.jpg
  • Two mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) fight, splashing the water of Yellow Lake in Sammamish, Washington.
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  • Two mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) fight, splashing the water of Yellow Lake in Sammamish, Washington.
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  • Two mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) fight, splashing the water of Yellow Lake in Sammamish, Washington.
    Mallards_Fighting_Sammamish_2439.jpg
  • Ice formations and caves are visible on the surface of Lake Michigan in late winter in this view from Tahquamenon Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
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