it’s tufa-tastic!

Mono Lake is an environmental disaster and a spookily beautiful place. A lot has been written about the history of the lake and the devastation of water rights granted to Los Angeles, about the campaign and restoration project. It’s interesting. What’s also interesting is just how bio-diverse and important to wildlife this lake is despite being entirely toxic to fish. And if, like me, you like weird natural landscapes then the shoreline of tufa towers (calcium plus carbonate and alkali) with the sharp blue of the lake and snow capped mountains on the skyline is a good place to get your fix.

We tried to find the black fissures but they eluded us.