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Mono Lake - South Tufa

One of the oldes lakes in the United States, Mono Lake is a small remnant of a much larger inland sea.
There are several collections of Tufa Towers at Mono Lake, the most popular is probably South Tufa.

We visited Mono Lake, South Tufas late in the afternoon of a Memorial Day weekend. It was cold with a wind chill factor that brought it to near freezing. Foam from the natural sope-like materials naturally in the water covered the shore. We returned a few years later to enjoy the sunset and two days later, just after sunrise. South Tufa is magical, especially early in the morning when there are fewer visitors and the water is still.

May 2006

From a distance.

Label near the trail head.


Gulls looking for a dinner of brine flies.


Tufa against the late afternoon sky.


Wind driven waves churn up foam.

Waves lapping the shore creating foam.


Late in the afternoon on a windy cloudy day.

July 2009

The tufa from the parking lot.

Tufa on dry land.

Looking west from the end of the trail.

Brine flies.

Kayak.

Tufa off shore.

One of the Mono Craters in the distance.


Tufa tower.


Closeup of tufa tower.

South Tufa at Sunset, July 3, 2009


Looking at the sunset beyond the tufa.

Looking at the sunset beyond the tufa.

Tufa against a dark sky.

Tufa and tree against the sunset.

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