Rex Trulove
Most pictures that are from Crater Lake are of the lake itself. That is only a tiny portion of the park, though the park isn’t very big. This image is from Crater Lake, but it is facing away from the lake. As far as the eye (or camera) can see, the land is heavily forested. This is all volcanic soil, so it is quite rich, except where the pumice is deep. In some places, the pumice can be hundreds of feet deep and plants struggle to grow there, partly because pumice is so light that it will float on water.
Pumice is the solidified remains of the foam on lava. It is soft and quite abrasive. It is also so light that it won’t support the weight of large trees. They’d topple over in the slightest breeze.
