Mono Lake

Location Description

41 photos

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