Mono Lake
Location Description
41 photos
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John pondering the yonder - Mono Lake.
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Our first views of the Tufa's .. Calcium carbonate...
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A lot of moon-like landscape ... craters and such.
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Very scenic in a way.
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Particularly near the shore with snow capped Sierras behind.
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This lake is a 'sister' lake to the Great Salt Lake in...
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The black line along the shore are millions of alkaline...
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There's something very middle-eastern about this scene. ...
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Check out the bird shadow.
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Dad getting educated about Tufas.
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This almost looks alive, as if it were writhing.
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This one is far more sedate.
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A close up of the alkali flies.
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A far more solid Tufa. Not sure why.
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and then, a dead Tufa ... very Edward Munch-ish.
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Mono Lake viewed from the north.
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The road that goes on forever.
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Then, it started raining like crazy again.
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Then, as we got south of the lake, the rain stopped...
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Very dramatic looking sky.
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Sun poking through the clouds over Yosemite.
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Monica after taking some pictures in the sunlight.
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Monica at Mono Lake for sunset.
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It would be funny to compare these pictures to Mom's,...
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Tufa!
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Monica happy to have finally made it to Mono Lake.
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Monica photographing the alkali flies.
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Can you spot the brine shrimp and flies?
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The light starts to get more dramatic closer to sunset.
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Alkali flies!
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Monica inspecting photos she has taken.
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Taking lots of photos.
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Trying different vantage points.
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Rainbow!
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The sky to the south was purple.
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Monica walking around the tufas.
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Lots of neat tufa formations.
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Thunderheads billing over Yosemite in the distance.
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Setting up tripod shots as it gets darker.
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John and Monica and some woman who decided to join our photo.
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Looks like a big oceangoing boat or something.