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  • Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis) grows under a fiery sunrise at the edge of Mono Lake in Mono County, California. Mono Lake has no outlet, so salt accumulates and makes the water alkeline. Limestone columns called tufa towers are visible in the lake. Tufa towers form under water. They were exposed when Los Angeles diverted some of the fresh water that feeds the lake, causing the lake level to drop.
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  • An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) takes off with a scrap of food from a tufa in Mono Lake, California. Tufa are limestone columnns that form naturally due to a chemical reaction in the lake. They form underwater and were exposed when the lake level dropped.
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  • Large limestone formations, known as tufa, rise from Mono Lake in eastern California. The tufa result from calcium-rich springs that flow up from the bottom of the lake. The calcium bonds to carbonates in the water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The calcium carbonate builds on itself, gradually forming towering columns. Those columns grow only when under water; they stop growing when the lake level drops and they are exposed.
    CA_MonoLake_Sunrise_Silhouette_9259.jpg
  • Several tufa columns are turned golden by the rising sun at Mono Lake, California. Tufa forms only underwater. When calcium-rich springs flow up through the lake bottom, the calcium bonds to the carbonates in the lake water, forming calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. The solid material builds on itself, gradually forming a tufa tower. The tufa towers form only underwater; they were exposed when the lake was drained to provide drinking water for cities. After environmental groups took legal action, less water is being diverted for cities and the lake is slowly refilling.
    CA_MonoLake_Tufas_Golden_9336.jpg
  • A Black-Tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) feeds on brush near Mono Lake, California. Black-Tailed Jackrabbits can run up to 35 mph (56 km/h) and leap every fifth step to check for predators.
    Jackrabbit_BlackTailed_MonoLake_9328.jpg
  • Several large cracks, some caused by rocks tumbling from the steep, rocky walls that surround the lake, are visible in the ice on Lake Crowley, located near Mammoth Lakes in Mono County, California.
    CA_Lake-Crowley_Cracks-In-Ice_6761.jpg
  • A pond forms in one of the explosion pits that is part of the Inyo Craters near Mammoth Lakes, California. The pits are part of an especially active volcanic area that stretches from Mono Lake to Mammoth Mountain. The activity that produced the Inyo Craters dates from 500 to 5,000 years ago, with some of the pits being 200 feet (60 meters) deep.
    CA_Inyo-Craters_Pond_0893.jpg
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