Sunday, May 29, 2022

Mono Lake Area - Lee Vining, CA

 


An aerial view of Mono Lake (By Ron Reiring - Mono Lake)


^Lora capturing shots with her animal friends. Sometimes it's funny to catch her setting up the photos. :)

The Mono Lake area is a beautiful one - it's another of the terminal lakes of the area (meaning no water outflow, only inflow). The limestone columns are called "tufa", and these were formerly underwater hot springs. They were exposed via water level drop from diverting some of the inflows.






As the water level in the lake has dropped, the portion of solutes left behind has risen (a more familiar example for many Americans is the Great Salt Lake). The effect on shorelines is white deposits.



A few shots from the trip to Mammoth, down US395 toward Mono Lake.












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