Mono Lake - December 2015

Mono Lake located off of Highway 395 near Lee Vining.   Mono Lake is a large, shallow, alkaline lake. It is impressive enough from a distance but close up Mono has added interest in the form of unusual Tufa (calcium carbonate) pinnacles, deposited over thousands of years around underwater springs. The Tufas are now exposed because the lake level has fallen. These Tufas give the lake an eerie, unreal feel to it.