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America's Clearest Lakes Where You Can See All The Way To The Bottom (Other Than Tahoe)

Here's a look at places where you're guaranteed beautiful swims and incredible scenery, with icy blue water and some of the ...
SFGate

Why this lakeside resort feels like Oregon's best-kept road trip surprise

Dipping my toes into Diamond Lake, I braced myself for the worst. Lakes throughout the Pacific Northwest take a long time to warm in the summer, and some of them, like the nearby 2,000-foot-deep ...
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150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic field reveals clues about the climate when early humans were spreading out of Africa

A tree-ringed African lake has yielded a record of Earth's magnetic field spanning the past 150,000 years. A core of rock and sediment drilled from the bottom of Lake Chala, a picturesque crater lake ...
Oregonian

Oregon Zoo, National Park Service team up to save endangered Crater Lake newt

A tiny endangered newt found only in Crater Lake has a new crew of champions. The Oregon Zoo announced Thursday that it has teamed up with the National Park Service and the High Desert Museum to try ...