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  • Exposed tufa formations which used to lie at the bottom of Mono Lake give a surreal quality to the landscape.
    South Tufa
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • A fresh snow fall covers the tufa formations and the rabbit brush and sage along the shores of Mono Lake
    Snow, Mono Lake
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