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Mono Basin

Mono Basin, California

Seen from Navy Beach. Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

The Mono Basin is an endorheic drainage basin located east of Yosemite National Park in California and Nevada. It is bordered to the west by the Sierra Nevada, to the east by the Cowtrack Mountains, to the north by the Bodie Hills, and to the south by the north ridge of the Long Valley Caldera. Estimates of the size of the basin range from 634 to 801 square miles, and the basin's elevation ranges from around 6,380 feet (level of Mono Lake as of 1986) to 13,061 feet atop Mount Dana near the Sierra Crest.

Geologically the basin is a structural basin that is bordered to the west by the frontal fault of the Sierra Nevada. The basin has developed over the past three million years.

Notable features in the basin include Mono Lake and the Mono-Inyo Craters, as well as the town of Lee Vining.

Nikon D3S ,Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZF
1/200s f/11.0 at 100.0mm iso200 full exif

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Jola Dziubinska15-Mar-2012 21:22
Beautiful photo, love the grasses in the foreground. V.
Buz Kiefer12-Mar-2012 18:04
Lovely landscape.
Cindi Smith12-Mar-2012 01:12
So, so pretty!
Colin Storey11-Mar-2012 20:26
Fantastic scene. v
Kinga Chwalkowska Zadlak11-Mar-2012 20:06
Magnificent image! ~V~
Jeff Real11-Mar-2012 18:21
You have used these details in a marvelous way. Your processing is incredible! ~V~
Coleen Perilloux Landry11-Mar-2012 16:46
Great textures in this.
Walter Otto Koenig11-Mar-2012 15:59
Great landscape shot. The details are superb. "V"
Paco López11-Mar-2012 15:52
Great colours and details, V!!
Monte Dodge11-Mar-2012 15:06
Great,v
Marcela Mejia Photography11-Mar-2012 14:50
The details and sharpness take our eyes through the whole image .
Very good . V
Peter Sussex11-Mar-2012 14:17
Fabulous view, so well seen, V!!!
joanteno11-Mar-2012 12:26
Your series on Mono Lake has been spectacular!
Guest 11-Mar-2012 12:10
Gorgeous image. The foreground is stunning. Best. J (v)
Guest 11-Mar-2012 12:05
I love the contrast between the scrub grass in the foreground and the scrub pines in the background. Well done. v
Pierre11-Mar-2012 12:03
De superbes contrastes de couleurs! V
CM Kwan11-Mar-2012 11:46
This is fantastic! V
Guest 11-Mar-2012 10:34
Terrific shot. V.