View from atop Paulina Peak

This is a geology wonderland. Jon and I are standing atop Paulina Peak. Ahead is the view of the Newberry Crater. Newberry Crater National Monument is different than Crater Lake. Here you have many volcanoes that erupted and then formed craters. In this photo you actually see where a large volcano erupted, then collapsed forming a huge caldera. Within the caldera, in the middle, you see a couple smaller volcanoes that later erupted, collapsed, and formed smaller calderas. The smaller calderas separated what was once one large lake into two smaller lakes, Paulina and East Lakes. Our campground that we stayed at was on the shore of Paulina Lake, on the left. These two alpine lakes contain relatively shallow, crystal clear waters.