Julia Rosen is a freelance journalist based in Portland. She's a geologist by training and writes about earth and environmental science for outlets like Science, High Country News and NationalGeographic.com. Follow her on Twitter at @ScienceJulia.
The cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Mazama created what we now call Crater Lake —and accounts of the dramatic event live on in both the geologic record and in Native American legends. More
