exposure blog Love These Pics has compile an telling veranda of42 of the Earth ’s most beautiful crater lake .
Typically formed inside the cone of an extinct volcano , crater lakes are unusually gorgeous , mostly on account of their singular circular symmetricalness and often stunning environmental backdrops . They often feature weewee that is at multiplication a nebulous turquoise color , or a deep nicety of bluing . And of course of instruction , crater can also form from celestial impingement — and even atomic burst . Here are 10 of our preferred photograph from the gallery .
1 . Lake Pinatubo , Philippines , formed after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo has filled with water from monsoon pelting . At 800 m ( 2,600 ft ) , it is the deepest lake in the Philippines . Photo by monggoy .
2 . Lake Quilotoa is a water - fill caldera and the western most volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes . The crater is about 2 mile all-embracing and the lake is about 820 feet deep . It is tint green by dissolve mineral . Photo byKevin Labianco .
3 . Crater Lake at the Mouth of Taal Volcano in Luzon . Photo by Deck Chua .
4 . The Okama Crater Lake at Mount Zaō , Japan , “ also known as the ‘ Five Color Pond ’ because it change color depending on the weather . ” It “ lies in a crater formed by a volcanic eruption in the 1720s . The lake is 360 metre ( 1,200 foot ) in diameter and 60 m ( 200 ft ) cryptical , and is one of the main tourer attractions in the area . ” Photo byLaurenz Bobke .
5 . Iceland , Klausturhólar- Kerið , a volcanic crater lake in the southwestern part of Iceland , “ is approximately 55 m ( 180 ft ) deep , 170 chiliad ( 560 ft ) widely , and 270 m ( 890 ft ) across . Kerið ’s caldera is one of the three most recognizable volcanic craters because at around 3,000 years honest-to-goodness , it is only half the age of most of the surrounding volcanic features . While most of the crater is steep - walled with little flora , one wall is sloped more gently and blanket with a deep moss , and can be fall fairly easy . The lake itself is fairly shallow ( 7–14 meter , count on rainfall and other ingredient ) , but due to minerals from the ground , is an unintelligible and strikingly vivid aquamarine . ”Photo by Progresschrome .
6 . Lonar Crater Lake at Aurangabad , India . Lonar crater lake was formed by a meteor strike about 50,000 years ago . picture by Akshay Charegaonkar .
7 . Out of this humans : “ I took this picture inside the crater of the Ijen komplex . I spent nearly the whole night in this unreal and beautiful topographic point to inject timelapse sequences for my new short circuit , ” noted the lensman . Photo by Dennis Stauffer .
8 . Katmai Crater on Mount Katmai , Alaska . picture by Captain Budd Christman , NOAA Corps .
9 . Heaven Lake , a volcanic crater lake at Tianchi at the mete of China and North Korea . Photo byGlobe Images .
10 . The Pingualuit Crater is an impact volcanic crater fill with water . picture by Denis Sarrazin / NASA / Earth Observatory .
See all 42 of the crater lakeshere .
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