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  • A rainbow glows over Mono Lake after a brief morning storm
    Mono Rainbow
  • A double rainbow appears after a summer thunderstorm over Mono Lake.
    Mono, After the Storm.
  • Summers in the Mono Basin are generally idyllic, with clear skies and sunny days. When the occasional storm rolls in the mood of Mono changes and becomes almost instantly dangerous, the winds whipping up the alkaline waters.
    Mono in Storm
  • When the Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power bought much of the land in the Owens Valley in Mono Basin, one family refused to sell. Their house still stands, perhaps as a proud testimony to the independent American spirit.
    Beneath Autumn Skies, an Abandoned H..rnia
  • A storm rolls over Mono Lake
    Storm Over Mono
  • Mono Lake is one of earth's most unique lakes. Resting within the Mono Basin, Mono Lake is home to millions of migratory birds, which feed on the lakes abundant brine shrimp and alkali flies. Tufa towers grow beneath the lake's surface wherever calcium rich spring water mixes with the carbonates of Mono Lake. <br />
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In this image, Mono Lake reflects the auburn sky.
    Mono Lake Reflects the Auburn Sky
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.
    South Tufa, Mono Lake
  • Mono Lake is one of earth's most unique lakes. Resting within the Mono Basin, Mono Lake is home to millions of migratory birds, which feed on the lakes abundant brine shrimp and alkali flies. Mono Lake is 13 x 9 miles wide, making it the equivalent of the city of San Francisco. Tufa towers grow beneath the lake's surface wherever calcium rich spring water mixes with the carbonates of Mono Lake. <br />
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This photo is a minimalist perspective of Mono Lake.
    Mono Lake, A Minimalist View
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.
    Evening, Mono Lake
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.<br />
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In this image, tufa towers on Mono Lake lie beneath the stars as they appear to rotate around the North Star.
    Tufa of Mono Lake Beneath the Star Wheel
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.<br />
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Sand Tufa is formed in more sandy regions of the lake near the shore. When the lake level dropped these tufa were exposed to the elements, the wind blew away the remaining sand, leaving these unique formations behind.
    Sand Tufa, Mono Lake
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.  <br />
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In this photo tufa towers can be seen above and beneath the lakes surface. Those beneath the surface are growing once again as they exposed to the high carbonate water.
    Tufa Submerged
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.<br />
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In this photo, tufa towers stand beneath a cloudy sky as the full moon rises in the distance.
    Tufa Towers and Full Moon Beneath a .. Sky
  • Mono Lake is home to the second largest gull rookery for California Gulls in North America. Here the gulls are safe from land based predators. By early May they have scratched out a spot for the nest and lay black specked eggs. They feast on Mono Lake's brine shrimp and alkali flies and stay through Fall, when they head back across the Sierra to the California coast.
    California Gull, Mono Lake
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.<br />
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In this photograph, tufa towers are seen at dawn.
    Tufa Towers, Mono Lake
  • A Dappled Red Sky, Mono Lake
    A Dappled Red sky, Mono Lake
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.  <br />
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In this photo, tufa towers exposed on now-dry land stand beneath summer's sky of fire.
    Tufa and Fire Sky
  • The Phalarope is a migratory bird that visits Mono Lake each summer in great numbers. During its approximate six weeks at Mono Lake it completely molts its feathers and doubles its body weight. The Phalarope then begins its migratory journey towards the antiplano in northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina where they spend time in other salt lakes.  <br />
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The phalarope will often swim in tight, small circles, creating a vortex from which they can pick out the lake's brine shrimp.
    Phalaropes Take to Flight, Mono Lake
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.<br />
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This image shows South Tufa beneath moonlight.
    Tufa and Casseopia
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.  In this photo tufa towers stand beneath Cassiopeia and the starry sky.
    South Tufa Beneath the Stars
  • The June Full Moon rises over South Tufa at Mono Lake.
    Moon Rise over South Tufa, Mono Lake
  • Evening light reflects off a small tarn near the eastern end of Mono Lake's Navy Beach.
    Settling Storm, Mono Lake
  • Indian Paintbrush and Sulphur Buckwheat adorn the north shore of Mono Lake in California's Eastern Sierra.
    Wildflowers and Mono Lake
  • A rainbow over Mono Lake with tufa towers rising from the lake
    Rainbow, Mono Lake
  • The full moon stands over Mono Lake
    Full Moon over Mono Lake
  • The other worldly beauty of Mono Lake
    Mono Lake
  • Gulls feast on some of the billions of brine shrimp which inhabit Mono Lake
    Gulls on Mono Lake
  • The Milky Way shines bright over Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra of California.
    Milky Way over Mono Lake
  • The full moon rises over Mono Lake
    Full Moon Rise, Mono Lake
  • Evening lights up Mono Lake
    Evenings at Mono Lake
  • A spring morning on Mono Lake after a fresh snowfall
    Spring Morning, Mono Lake
  • A cottonwood tree after a spring snowfall, Mono Lake
    Cottonwood after snowfall, Mono Lake
  • Evening light is reflected on the waters of Mono Lake from South Tufa
    Evening, South Tufa
  • The sun accents clouds on a morning at Mono Lake
    Morning at Mono Lake
  • Mono Lake as seen from a viewpoint along CA Highway 395.
    Mono Lake from Hwy 395
  • A fresh snow fall covers the tufa formations and the rabbit brush and sage along the shores of Mono Lake
    Snow, Mono Lake
  • Two Canada Geese float on the waters of Mono Lake
    Canada Geese, Mono Lake
  • An evening storm passes over Mono Lake, flashing a small rainbow
    Passing Storm, Mono Lake
  • Bands of rain move over Mono Lake as seen from Warren Bench in the Eastern Sierra.
    Distant Rains, Mono Lake
  • My Old Nissan carries a canoe near the shores of Mono Lake, California
    My Old Nissan with Canoe at Mono Lake
  • Squirrel Tail Grasses, which grow along the shores of Mono Lake, reflect against the Vermillion Sky
    Vermillion Squirrel Tail Grasses Alo..Lake
  • Mono Lake from Lee Vining
    Mono Lake from Lee Vining
  • Canoeists Paddle Mono Lake
    Paddling Mono Lake
  • An Osprey brings a fish to a nest on Mono Lake. Osprey's mainly hunt fish but due to Mono Lake's alkalinity it contains no fish, yet they are safely protected from predator's by nesting on the exposed tufa towers. The Osprey's make a 6-25 mile round trip to catch their prey.
    Bringing Fish to the Nest
  • Tufa at Mono Lake, California
    Tufa
  • A storm dropping snow on the distant Eastern Sierra and over Mono Lake descends on a late spring day.
    The Coming of Snow
  • Morning dawns with a fresh coat of snow along the shores of Mono Lake, California
    Tufa in Snow
  • Exposed tufa formations which used to lie at the bottom of Mono Lake give a surreal quality to the landscape.
    South Tufa
  • Last light of the day catches the clouds above South Tufa, Mono Lake
    Evening Light, South Tufa
  • Tufa towers in Mono Lake are covered with a fresh layer of snow. Snow covered mountains and a volcanic crater rest in the background.
    Tufa Formations in Snow
  • Morning lights up rabbit brush and sage along the shores of Mono Lake as surreal tufa formations stand in the background
    Morning, South Tufa
  • Tufa is a type of limestone that is formed when calcium-rich spring water mixes with the carbonate-rich Mono Lake water and precipitates around the spring. The towers grow underneath the waters surface. These towers were exposed when the city of Los Angeles diverted four of the five streams flowing into Mono Lake.  Deprived of its freshwater sources, the lake volume dropped by half, exposing nesting colonies of gulls to predation and again doubling the lakes salinity. The entire eco-system began to collapse. In response David Gaines formed the Mono Lake Committee, a citizens group that was formed to reverse this trend and save the lake. In 1994 the California Supreme Court mandated that the lake should rise to a level of 6,392 feet, which will partially restore the ecosystem and migratory bird habitat.<br />
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In this photo, a tufa tower that was once exposed has been recovered by the rising waters of Mono Lake. It has begun to grow once again, an encouraging symbol of the healing of Mono Lake.
    Tufa Regeneration, Mono Lake
  • A pair of ravens sit on the top of dead tree along the shores of Mono Lake
    Ravens near Mono Lake
  • The Lee Vining Tigers take on the Round Mountain Knights at Lee Vining High School with Mono Lake as a backdrop on September3, 2011. Round Mountain won 50-8.
    Lee Vining vs. Round Mountain at Mon..Lake
  • A Canada Goose nests on a tufa tower, a place that gives the waterfowl protection from predation.
    Goose Nesting in Tufa
  • A spring snowstorm places a layer of snow on tufa towers along Mono Lake's South Shore.
    South Tufa, Spring Snow
  • Storm, Mill Creek, Mono Lake
  • Nesting Season, Mono Lake
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