Right after we got back that first day from Yosemite, Richard, Terry's husband, was there at the RV park to meet us. We all decided to go to the local Mono Lake to see the strange structures coming out of the lake. This lake is highly salty, much like the Great Salt Lake.
It was getting near dark when we were there so we got some great shots of these tufas. They are a limestone rock which is formed when the calcium in the underwater springs combine with the carbonates in the lake water and make calcium carbonate. These rocks keep building on themselves.
It is a little like being on another planet! However, it is beautiful!
I think this is a Ruddy Duck.
I think this is a Tree Sparrow. He is perched on a sharp, thorny bush.
This desert bush was blooming.
There are blooming plants all over the desert. There is a certain beauty here.
The sun is now setting and throwing nice color and light on the lake.
Then a little after 6pm, the moon came up.
Now the moon reflects off Mono Lake. Does life get any better than this?
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