Unique View of Mono Lake

The 70 square mile ancient saline lake named Mono Lake is situated between the Sierra Nevadas and the Great Basin, and boast one of the most unique and dynamic ecosystems.

The Mono Lake tufas form because of an underwater chemical reaction of calcium rich fresh water springs bubbling up in the carbonate loaded lake leaving a calcium carbonate salt deposit called tufa. In time these springs form the vertical towers we see today.

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