Crater lake is unlike any place on Earth. It was formed by a collapsed volcano and it stuns with natural beauty. The water is impossibly deep and impossibly blue. Its’ the crown jewel of Oregon’s wilderness. A lake born of fire. Crater Lake was not always here. Mount Mazama once stood here and it was over 12,000 feet tall. About 7,700 years ago it erupted violently. Its peak collapsed and left a vast caldera. As time went by , rain and snow filled the void. The result was Crater Lake – pure, untouched and mesmerizing. No rivers feed it, no streams drain it. That is why the water remains so…