41°39'27.94"S, 145°56'42.3"E
Crater Lake, Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania
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What struck me first was the vivid, electric blue contrasting sharply against the pale quartzite, sitting between two alpine forests like a bright glass marble dropped in the thick grass, left alone to catch the alpine sun.
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GEOLOGICAL PROFILE: A glacial lake surrounded by steep slopes of Precambrian sedimentary rock, capped by Jurassic dolerite.
DATA SET USED: 1m Digital Elevation Models (Cradle Mountain and Cradle Valley 2019 datasets)