Mono Lake

Mono Lake Lupine

Lupinus duranii - growing in gravel.

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Gravel Plain

Mono Lake in the background.

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Unknown

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Mono Lake Lupine

Lupinus duranii

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Bitterbrush & View

Purshia tridentata

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Pussypaws

Calyptridium umbellatum

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Pussypaws

Calyptridium umbellatum

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Mono Lake Lupine, Pine Cone & Needles

Lupinus duranii

Highway 120, Mono Lake, California, May 13, 2015

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Mono Craters

part of a chain of craters including Obsidian Dome.

Highway 395, California, May 13, 2015

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California Ground Squirrel

Citellus beecheyi beecheyi - attractive squirrel with white collar.

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

formed underwater when the lake level was higher.

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Mountain Cottontail

Sylvilagus nuttallii

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Tufa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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American Avocets

Recurvirostra americana - a bird that I really enjoyed seeing.

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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American Avocets

Recurvirostra americana

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Alkali Buttercup

Ranunculus cymbalaria - small flowered ground cover.

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Spiny Hopsage

Grayia spinosa

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Ranch Building

South Tufa, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Sulfur Flower

Eriogonum umbellatum

West Shore, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Sand Tufa

formed underwater when lake levels were higher.  not as durable as the tufa at South Tufa.

Navy Beach, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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Sand Tufa

Navy Beach, Mono Lake, California, May 14, 2015

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