travel north america united states california mammoth lakes area mono lake

Mono Lake is an unworldly saline soda lake in Mono County north of Mammoth Lakes.
The high levels of salts, along with springs spouting from the bottom of the lake bed have created fantastic tufa towers that dot the lake and shoreline.

LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S PAGE ON MONO LAKE

TRAVEL: 2019


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Alkaline formations that make Mono Lake so unique, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Northwest end of Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Looking east, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Negit Island, a volcanic cone less than 2000 years old, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Alkaline formations, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Alkaline formations, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Some of the two million migratory birds that frequent Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Visitor's Center, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



Visitor's Center lobby, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.



One of the displays explaining the tufa phenomena, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes area, California, USA, 2019.





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page last revised october 2019