Mono Lake Level by auntietk

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 14, 2015

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Description

Tufas form under water. That means every bit of surrealistic limestone at Mono Lake was once covered in water. The level of the lake dropped 45 feet between 1941 and 1982. That's not 45 feet from the old shore to the new shore ... that's 45 feet in height. They measure the level of the lake in feet above sea level.

Comments (17)

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wysiwig

1:50AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

And it still hasn't regained its 1963 level. We really do tend to ruin everything we touch.

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Juliette.Gribnau

1:53AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

that's very low indeed

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giulband

1:58AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

Absolutely interesting documentation about this famous lake !!!

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Wolfenshire

2:14AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

You get to see some rock formations you wouldn't normally see.

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durleybeachbum

4:05AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

Fascinating and depressing.

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CavalierLady

8:36AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

Most surprising information and the rock formations are fascinating, seeing them 'above ground'.

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Faemike55

9:45AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

impressive rock that normally wouldn't be seen depressing as it will never recover

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Sea_Dog

10:12AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

Interesting shots, and information. Well done

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X-PaX

11:27AM | Tue, 14 July 2015

Very nice capture and very interesting information.

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helanker

12:41PM | Tue, 14 July 2015

Fantastic, but I have learned, that the lands are waving up and down over many years. Once the place where I am sitting now, was under water and many years before that, it was almost like it is now. Beautiful shots, Tara :-)

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