All pictures are negative- or slide-scans of photos taken between 1978 and 1992, don't expect miracles;-)
In some cases I have been able to determine the date of the photo, else the date is the upload date (around 2013)
All pictures are negative- or slide-scans of photos taken between 1978 and 1992, don't expect miracles;-)
In some cases I have been able to determine the date of the photo, else the date is the upload date (around 2013)
Mouse over for all the details. Clearly visbile are Glacier Point, Half Dome and Nevada Fall bottom right and Upper Yosemite Fall bottom left. Clouds Rest above Half Dome and snow covered Tuolumne Peak on the far left. And further on Tenaya Lake in the center, Toulumne Meadows (the dark patch) with Lembert Dome right above Tenaya Lake and finally Mono Lake behind Mount Dana. Taken enroute from LAX to Seattle early June 1980.
Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake. These salts also make the lake water alkaline.
This desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp that thrive in it's waters, and provides critical nesting habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp.
The human history of Mono Lake is associated with its productive ecosystem. The native Kutzadika'a people derived nutrition from the larvae of the alkali flies that live in the lake. When the city of Los Angeles diverted water from the lake, it lowered the lake level, which imperiled the migratory birds. The Mono Lake Committee formed in response, winning a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially restore the lake level.
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