Every lake is the visible part of a basin, and from above you can usually read how it was made: the circle of a caldera, the fingers gouged by ice, the straight edges of a rift, the crescent of an abandoned meander.
Crater, glacial, rift and man-made lakes, each with aerial views, photographs, video and a guide to their formation, ecology and the settlements on their shores.
6 Lakes in United States, each with aerial views, photos, videos and an in-depth guide.
Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United States' first official wildlife refuge, designated in 1870, and…
Lake Champlain (; French: Lac Champlain; Abenaki: Pitawbagok; Mohawk: Kaniatarakwà:ronte) is a natural freshwater lake in North America mainly within…
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cu mi (4,900 km3)) and th…
Tenaya Lake is an alpine lake in Yosemite National Park, located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows. The surface of Tenaya Lake has an elev…