Mono Lake Tufa
Ancient tufa towers rising from an alkaline lake
A primordial inland sea on the dry side of the Sierra, studded with knobby tufa towers that grew underwater and now stand exposed along the south shore. At dawn the spires and their reflections turn the lake into another planet.
The shot
South Tufa spires mirrored at sunrise.
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- Inyo National Forest
- Yosemite’s Tioga Pass
- Bodie ghost town
- June Lake Loop
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