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Show Crater Lake Mecca for Auio Tourists "The deepen and bluest lake In the world, and one of the most sensationally sensation-ally beautiful Spots of America" thus la ('rater lake characterized In the Automobile Blue lfook for the motor tourist The water Is a love-y love-y turquoise at the edges and In the center almost a sapphire hue The lako is said to be in excess of 2,000 feet deep at tho center and the rim surrounding It rises more than a thousand thou-sand feet above the water's surfao Scientists say that originally what Is now the lake was the heart of a great volcano and that bccau::c of some U-adysiib- unheaval tho -ides fell In. When tho fire had ceased and the lava had cooled, springs percolated into in-to the vast basin and filled it with Water The lake has no visible out- S nor is there any stream running into It. but scientists believe there are springs of some sort which feed It and that the water escapes through subterranean channels to the Klamath river a few miles away |