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Jez like Mars
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Jez like Mars

Though located a world away, Lake Salda, Turkey, shares similar mineralogy as Jezero Crater on Mars.

Published Jul 30, 2020

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Crater Lake
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Crater Lake

The deepest lake in the United States is a haven for fishermen.

Published Jul 31, 2017

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Pingualuit Crater, Canada
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Pingualuit Crater, Canada

Pingualuit Crater holds a lake about 267 meters (876 feet) deep. Because this lake has no connection to any other water body, inflows from other lakes cannot contaminate Pingualuit’s sediments.

Published Feb 10, 2008

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Lonar Lake Tries On a Rosy Color
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Lonar Lake Tries On a Rosy Color

The lake in west-central India promptly changed from green to pink, and the reason why remains a mystery.

Published Jun 19, 2020

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Lake Janisjarvi Impact Crater
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Lake Janisjarvi Impact Crater

Lake Jänisjärvi is a roughly oval-shaped lake, some 13 by 17 kilometers (8 by 11 miles) across, in northwestern Russia, near the Finnish border. The basin for this lake was formed hundreds of millions of years ago by a meteorite impact.

Published Apr 6, 2008

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Crater Lake, Oregon
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Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake is formed from the caldera of Mount Mazama. Part of the Cascades volcanic chain, Mount Mazama sits between the Three Sisters volcanoes to the north and Mount Shasta to the south. The catastrophic eruption of Mount Mazama that occurred approximately 7,700 years ago destroyed the volcano while simultaneously forming the basin for Crater Lake. Eruptive activity continued in the region for perhaps a few hundred years after the major eruption. Evidence of this activity lingers in volcanic rocks, lava flows, and domes beneath the lake surface; the small cone of Wizard Island is the only visible portion of these younger rocks. Although considered a dormant volcano, Crater Lake is part of the United States Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory seismic monitoring network.

Published Sep 18, 2006

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Nicholson Crater, Canada
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Nicholson Crater, Canada

Some 400 million years ago, a meteor struck Earth in what is now Canada’s Northwest Territories. The 12.5-kilometer- (7.8-mile-) wide crater is now Nicholson Lake, one of many small lakes that dot the sub-arctic, glacier-scoured landscape.

Published Mar 23, 2008

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Chilean Lake Disappears
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Chilean Lake Disappears

Published Jul 8, 2007

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Lake Khanka in  Eastern Russia and China
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Lake Khanka in Eastern Russia and China

At the juncture of the border between China and Russia sits Lake Khanka, also known as Lake Xinghai. Due to their importance to plant and animal species, the lake and the surrounding wetlands are protected by the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the protection and sustainable use of wetlands. Migratory birds that frequent this lake include several endangered species, such as the Japanese crane.

Published Feb 18, 2007

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Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto
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Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto

Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”

Published Apr 10, 2017

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Crater Lake National Park
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Crater Lake National Park

It one of the oldest parks in the United States, created in 1902 by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Published Jan 23, 2005

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Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca, at an elevation of 12,507 feet (3,812 meters) in the Andean Altiplano, is the highest large lake in the world. More than 120 miles long and 50 miles wide, it was the center of the Incan civilization, and today straddles the boundary between Peru and Bolivia.

Published Dec 22, 2003

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Crater Lake, Oregon
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Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake, a volcanic caldera in South Central Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, boasts breathtaking scenery, created about 7,700 years ago with the volcanic eruption and subsequent collapse of the summit of Mt. Mazama.

Published Jan 26, 2003

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Brightening Lake Elton
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Brightening Lake Elton

Satellite data suggests this Russian salt lake is getting brighter due to the installation of check dams.

Published Dec 3, 2014

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Deepest Lake in North America
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Deepest Lake in North America

Roughly the same size of Belgium, Canada’s Great Slave Lake runs nearly 2,000 feet deep.

Published May 24, 2019

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The Ups and Downs of Crater Lake
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The Ups and Downs of Crater Lake

Elevation data show the distinct topography of Mount Mazama and the crater lake that fills its caldera.

Published Jul 29, 2019

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Lake Fitri, Chad
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Lake Fitri, Chad

In the desert, a lake shows a long fight between water, wind, and climate.

Published Feb 20, 2012

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