Crater lake.
We have arrived at Crater Lake National Park.
At first glance, it appears to be just a lake, but originally, the underground of a mountain similar to Mount Fuji collapsed about 7,000 years ago by about 1,000 meters, and then water accumulated, forming a caldera lake. The place where the summit originally was is now an island floating in the lake, which is a rare place even worldwide. It is said that it takes millions of years for a mountain to form, but the collapse took only a few hours, and this is a place with a history where American Indians witnessed the moment of the collapse.
When you think that Mount Fuji might end up like this, you feel that anything could happen in the world.
Some of the national parks in the United States are more comparable to shrines than to Japan's forest parks/national parks. The National Park Service rangers, who can be likened to those who have revered and protected forests as sacred, have a certain sense of pride, almost like priests. In particular, there seem to be many dignified rangers in national parks with a long history.
Americans are criticized by various European countries for using cars excessively for leisure, but for Americans, visiting the sacred forests of national parks may be an indispensable activity, just like Japanese people regularly visit shrines.
Japanese shrines are small, but American national parks are vast, quiet, and profound. They may be the most profound in the world, surpassing even Japan, and could be said to be a "divine land."
Crater Lake is one such profound place.
At first glance, it appears to be just a lake, but originally, the underground of a mountain similar to Mount Fuji collapsed about 7,000 years ago by about 1,000 meters, and then water accumulated, forming a caldera lake. The place where the summit originally was is now an island floating in the lake, which is a rare place even worldwide. It is said that it takes millions of years for a mountain to form, but the collapse took only a few hours, and this is a place with a history where American Indians witnessed the moment of the collapse.
When you think that Mount Fuji might end up like this, you feel that anything could happen in the world.
Some of the national parks in the United States are more comparable to shrines than to Japan's forest parks/national parks. The National Park Service rangers, who can be likened to those who have revered and protected forests as sacred, have a certain sense of pride, almost like priests. In particular, there seem to be many dignified rangers in national parks with a long history.
Americans are criticized by various European countries for using cars excessively for leisure, but for Americans, visiting the sacred forests of national parks may be an indispensable activity, just like Japanese people regularly visit shrines.
Japanese shrines are small, but American national parks are vast, quiet, and profound. They may be the most profound in the world, surpassing even Japan, and could be said to be a "divine land."
Crater Lake is one such profound place.
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