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Looking east, with some resting mallards on the shore! I didn't want to disturb them so I have a lot of beach in the foreground. Paulina Lake is the western of the two lakes in Newberry Crater, the caldera in Newberry volcano outside Bend, Oregon. (The eastern lake is, sensibly if unoriginally, named East Lake.) The mountains in the back on the left are the caldera walls--it's a _big_ crater. The skylined mountain on the right is from subsequent eruptions, making up a so-called "resurgent dome" within the caldera itself. The air is actually smoky, not misty, from all the wildfires in Oregon when we were there. The inset shows a slightly different view from off the dock to the right.

A different view looking east, off the dock. Again, the "mist" is actually smoke from all the wildfires.

Newberry Crater, Oregon, south of Bend. The falls are formed by Paulina Creek as it exits Paulina Lake, the western of the two lakes in the caldera. The inset shows a view from below. "Paulina" is locally pronounced with a long "i", btw. Newberry Crater is the large central caldera of Newberry Mountain, an enormous shield volcano, one of the more spectacular examples of volcanic activity in the Bend area. It's protected as a volcanic monument and is well known locally, but is not usually a Destination for tourists!

As seen from below. Newberry Crater, Oregon.