Photography by Mike Mander | Mono Lake, CA

Mono Lake, CA

May 25, 2015

Mono Lake, east of Yosemite National Park in California, has several areas where you can see these large formations, known as tufa towers. These towers form when calcium rich spring-water bubbles up into the waters of Mono Lake, which is saturated with carbonates, causing the calcium to combine chemically to create calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate then precipitates out and settles around the underwater springs which, over time, forms these limestone towers. Over the last 80 years or so, due to increasing use of water for agriculture and the ever growing cities in Nevada and California, the lake level has been dropping, exposing these fascinating formations for everyone to see...

37°56'35" N 119°1'42" W

1/320 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01878-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/320 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

1

XE2_CA15_01878-pn

37°56'37" N 119°1'40" W

1/210 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01885-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/210 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

2

XE2_CA15_01885-pn

37°56'37" N 119°1'40" W

1/500 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01889-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/500 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

3

XE2_CA15_01889-pn

37°56'37" N 119°1'40" W

1/500 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01892-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/500 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

4

XE2_CA15_01892-pn

37°56'37" N 119°1'40" W

1/450 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01893-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/450 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

5

XE2_CA15_01893-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/550 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01894-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/550 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

6

XE2_CA15_01894-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/420 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01899-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/420 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

7

XE2_CA15_01899-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/220 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01902-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/220 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

8

XE2_CA15_01902-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/300 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01903-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/300 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

9

XE2_CA15_01903-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/500 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01905-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/500 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

10

XE2_CA15_01905-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/450 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01910-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/450 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

11

XE2_CA15_01910-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/300 sec at f / 11

XE2_CA15_01918-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/300 sec at f / 11

open 2400 pixel version

12

XE2_CA15_01918-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/170 sec at f / 11

XE2_CA15_01923-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/170 sec at f / 11

open 2400 pixel version

13

XE2_CA15_01923-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/210 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01931-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/210 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

14

XE2_CA15_01931-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/250 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_01936-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/250 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

15

XE2_CA15_01936-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/480 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01944-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/480 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

16

XE2_CA15_01944-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/350 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01951-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/350 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

17

XE2_CA15_01951-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/280 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01954-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/280 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

18

XE2_CA15_01954-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/210 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01959-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/210 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

19

XE2_CA15_01959-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/400 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01964-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/400 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

20

XE2_CA15_01964-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/640 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01965-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/640 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

21

XE2_CA15_01965-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/170 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01980-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/170 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

22

XE2_CA15_01980-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/240 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01985-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/240 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

23

XE2_CA15_01985-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/200 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01989-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/200 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

24

XE2_CA15_01989-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/210 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_01998-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/210 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

25

XE2_CA15_01998-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/320 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02005-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/320 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

26

XE2_CA15_02005-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/420 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02006-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/420 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

27

XE2_CA15_02006-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/160 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02011-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/160 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

28

XE2_CA15_02011-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/160 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02014-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/160 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

29

XE2_CA15_02014-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'40" W

1/200 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02016-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/200 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

30

XE2_CA15_02016-pn

37°56'37" N 119°1'40" W

1/200 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02023-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/200 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

31

XE2_CA15_02023-pn

37°56'37" N 119°1'41" W

1/180 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02025-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/180 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

32

XE2_CA15_02025-pn

37°56'36" N 119°1'40" W

1/170 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02031-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/170 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

33

XE2_CA15_02031-pn

37°56'37" N 119°1'39" W

1/105 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_02040-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/105 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

34

XE2_CA15_02040-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/150 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02044-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/150 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

35

XE2_CA15_02044-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/170 sec at f / 9.0

XE2_CA15_02045-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/170 sec at f / 9.0

open 2400 pixel version

36

XE2_CA15_02045-pn

37°56'38" N 119°1'39" W

1/300 sec at f / 8.0

XE2_CA15_02051-pn

X-E2 - XF16mmF1.4 R WR - ISO 200 - 1/300 sec at f / 8.0

open 2400 pixel version

37

XE2_CA15_02051-pn

37°55'17" N 119°2'25" W

1/50 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_02071-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/50 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

38

XE2_CA15_02071-pn

37°55'17" N 119°2'26" W

1/40 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_02076-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/40 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

39

XE2_CA15_02076-pn

37°55'17" N 119°2'26" W

1/120 sec at f / 10

XE2_CA15_02077-pn

X-E2 - XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS - ISO 200 - 1/120 sec at f / 10

open 2400 pixel version

40

XE2_CA15_02077-pn