Three coloured pools
The fragile Mono Lake seen from the south lakefront. This saline lake is located in Mono County, California. Its tributary streams have long been an important source of water for the city of Los Angeles. Its volume had been diminishing up to 70% before that conservation efforts started to arise.
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- North America (59)
- Exact location (-119.0620 W, 37.9482 N)
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Nikon D3100
Taken on 12
July
2014
Submitted on 1 March 2015
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Credit
Irene Angeluccetti (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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