Tufa towers at Mono Lake
Mono lake is a closed, large, shallow saline soda lake. It was formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin and is one of the oldest lakes in North America. The tufa towers were originally formed at the bottom of the lake over many decades or even centuries. When the sea level of the lake fell, the tufa towers came to rise above the water surface and stand as the majestic pillars seen today.
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Jessica Kelln (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
290.5 KB
Width
1707 px
Height
1280 px
Aspect
1707:1280
Brand
Canon
Model
EX-H10
Taken
19 August 2016
Coordinates
38.0071, -119.0123
Tint
Very pale purplish blue
Submitted
4 February 2019
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