Mono Lake, California |
Mono Lake is one of the oldest lakes in North America |
Mono Lake |
The water of Mono Lake is 3x saltier than the ocean |
The water of Mono Lake dropped 45 ft between 1941-81 as Sierra Nevada runoff water was diverted to the LA Aqueduct |
It has been agreed since 1994 to maintain the lake level at 6392 ft MSL |
Tufa Flower deposits, formed from calcium combined with lake-water carbonates |
Mono Lake, California |
Mnono Lake Tufa formations |
Bodie State Historic Park |
A short distance north of Mono Lake is Bodie, the remains of gold mining town from 1874 |
Bodie steadily declined from it's peak in the 1880s until it was a ghosttown in the 1940s |
In 1962, the state preserved the remains as the Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie, California |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
The mine buildings at Bodie |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
An old truck and gas station at Bodie |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Main Street Bodie |
A preserved shop in the business district |
An old wagon, Bodie |
Bodie State Historic Park |
The rusting remains of an old Ford, Bodie |
Ford motorcar, beyond dead in Bodie |
Bodie State Historic Park |
Old Methodist Church, Bodie |