I recently took a tour to Northern California and was amazed by the wild beauty of so many places, this time I'm sharing some photos I took when visiting Mono Lake Tufa State National Reserve.
Here is some specific data about the site according to the California Department of Parks and Recreation
"The reserve was established to preserve the spectacular "tufa towers," calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water. It also protects the lake surface itself as well as the wetlands and other sensitive habitat for the 1 – 2 million birds that feed and rest at Mono Lake each year.
Mono Lake is a majestic body of water covering about 65 square miles. It is an ancient lake, over 1 million years old -- one of the oldest lakes in North America. It has no outlet.
Throughout its long existence, salts and minerals have washed into the lake from Eastern Sierra streams. Freshwater evaporating from the lake each year has left the salts and minerals behind so that the lake is now about 2 1/2 times as salty as the ocean and very alkaline."
Please enjoy!
Hope you liked them, thank you!
Doram :)
