Mono Lake, Ca
The Lake is very salty, in fact it is 3x more salty then the
sea. The only living things are a special species of shimp that like that
kind of salty water. There is also a lot of black flies that hang around the
lake edge, they was there when I was there. Mono Lake is just south of Bodie
ghost town, on US395. It is a great place to visit after Bodie ghost town.
Mono Lake is a very large, shallow, alkaline lake. These pics was taken after
Bodie, around 4:00 pm 7th of July, 2003. Taken with 1Ds and 24 mm to 70 mm
zoom lenses.
Mono Lake has all these rocks and alkaline points around the lake.
More rocks and alkaline points around the lake.
More views of Mono Lake
More views of Mono Lake and a close view of the alkaline growth.
There use to be more water there, but a lot of the water,
from streams, got transfer to Southern California. The lake was not getting
fresh water, so that is why the lake is so
alkaline. There was a big fuss over it and now water is not being transfer
to Southern California.