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Lee Aurich
Mono Lake
July 2012
MG 4445
MG 4445
Lenticular clouds, created by circular winds, gather over Mono Lake
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MG 4461
MG 4461
Sunset starts and the show begins...
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MG 4480
MG 4480
The strange formations are Tufa - calcium carbonate structures formed before Southern California diverted water away from the lake
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MG 4486
As the water level dropped, the Tufa were exposed
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MG 4492
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MG 4504
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MG 4506
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MG 4522
Dawn, the next morning - the clouds are gone and all is calm before the sun emerges
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MG 4534
As the sun approaches the horizon, its red rays refract first and cast a glow to west
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MG 4594
The sun break through
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MG 4645
Half an hour after sunrise
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MG 4692
The Mono Lake wildlife emerges (though if it holds still, maybe it won't be seen...)
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MG 4913
MG 4913
Cliff swallows, nesting under the eves of the ranger's residence at Bodie
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MG 4918
MG 4918
This tenacious parent demonstrates how to feed in a heavy wind with no footholds
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MG 5011-Edit
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MG 5072
MG 5072
The Yosemite high country - over 10,000 feet
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IMG 2711
IMG 2711
Sand Tufa - strange formations with calcium carbonate caps formed by sepage when this area was submerged; the caps then protected the sand as the lake was drained; and the wind etched patters
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IMG 2728
IMG 2728
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MG 5100
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MG 5160
A different Tufa sunset begins
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MG 5182
Over ten minutes the colors change rapidly
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MG 5190
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MG 5196
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MG 5200
And finally fade away
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