Our recent vacation took us to Reno, Nevada. We came back via US Highway 395 through the Owens Valley, just east of the towering Sierra Nevada mountain range. One of the interesting scenic stops along the way is Mono Lake, where strange alkaline formations known as tufa, protrude from the lake bed and shoreline. This is a panoramic image taken from the south shore at a point closest to some of the major formations. Click the image above to see full sized panorama.
Mono Lake is said to have formed at least 760,000 years ago when the Long Valley Caldera erupted. God forbid that should happen again, since life in America would be quite different – or perhaps non-existent – as a result.
