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Mono Lake

Mono Lake is a majestic body of water covering about 65 square miles. It is an ancient lake, over 1 million years old -- one of the oldest in North America. It has no outlet. Throughout its long existence, salts and minerals have washed into the lake from Eastern Sierra streams. Freshwater evaporating from the lake each year has left the salts and minerals behind so that the lake is now about 2 1/2 times as salty and 80 times as alkaline as the ocean.

The Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve was established to preserve the spectacular "tufa towers," calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water. The most popular area for visitors is "South Tufa". However, by venturing down sandy 4WD trails followed by a little hiking and bushwacking it is possible to find totally secluded and even more beautiful areas. Many of the photos here were taken at a more easterly section of the lake, where both the large 'carbonate' tufa and the fantastically delicate and intricate sand tufa can be found.

The Lake

 


Mono Lake : Sierra wave clouds


Mono Lake : Tufa before sunrise

Mono Lake : afternoon stormclouds


Mono Lake: moonrise over the tufa


Mono Lake : bright stones

Mono Lake tufa : lone pinnacle


Mono Lake : water and stone reflections


Mono Lake : tufa and star circle reflections

Mono Lake : whisps of morning


Mono Lake : two rocks at dawn


Mono Lake : moonrise reflection over tufa

Mono Lake : twighlight clouds


Mono Lake : ghost clouds over the tufa


Mono Lake : pink sunrise

Mono Lake : twighlight cloud reflections




Mono Lake : side-lit tufa towers



Mono Lake : Tufa reflections in the blue hour



Mono Lake : before dawn










South Tufa panorama, Mono Lake (giant stitched panorama ; 40 MB download)

Sand Tufa








last updated 06/28/2009 - new photos of lake and sand tufa

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University of California,
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