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Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California. Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California is a black and white photograph taken by American photographer Ansel Adams, in 1944. It depicts the Sierra Nevada, as seen from Lone Pine, in California. [1]
The lake's water level is notably variable. Mono Lake ( / ˈmoʊnoʊ / MOH-noh) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alkaline.
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve. / 37.94528°N 119.03556°W / 37.94528; -119.03556. Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve is located near Yosemite National Park within Mono County, in eastern California. It was established in 1981 [2] by the California State Legislature to preserve the natural limestone "tufa tower" formations at ...
Conway Summit ( el. 8,143 feet (2,482 m)) is a mountain pass in Mono County, California. It is traversed by U.S. Highway 395, which connects Bridgeport and the East Walker River on the north side of the pass to Mono Lake and Lee Vining to the south. [1] [2] It marks the highest point on U.S. 395, which also traverses high passes at Deadman ...
The Mono ( / ˈmoʊnoʊ / MOH-noh) are a Native American people who traditionally live in the central Sierra Nevada, the Eastern Sierra (generally south of Bridgeport ), the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin. They are often grouped under the historical label "Paiute" together with the Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute – but ...
Coordinates: 37°57′01″N 119°03′34″W. The Mono Lake Basin from near Conway Summit. The Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area is a protected area in Eastern California that surrounds Mono Lake and the northern half of the Mono Craters volcanic field. It is administered by the Inyo National Forest as a unit of the National Forest Scenic ...
Mono Lake, located in the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, east of Yosemite National Park. Paoha Island in the middle of the lake. Date: 11 December 2008, 15:07: Source: Mono Lake, CA. Uploaded by X-Weinzar; Author: Ron Reiring
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