20060505 349.jpg

This is the Nishiyama area, where Usuzan started to erupt in March
2000. There were no casualties, as people had been evacuated early.
Since then the area has remained a sort of outdoor museum, where you
can see the aftereffects of the eruption. What you can't easily see
in this shot is that everything is leaning towards the lake.

As I understand it, the eruption at the site in the background pushed
up the land, creating a rim which holds the water in the foreground.

This picture is in the Image by chance gallery as well as the Hokkaido gallery,
which also has more of Nishiyama, such as this one: