MONO LAKE TUFA FORMATIONS

When calcium-rich springs flow up through the bottom of the lake, the calcium bonds to in the water. Together they create calcium carbonate, a type of limestone. This solid material builds on top of itself, gradually forming tufa rocks. When the lake level drops, exposed tufa stops growing.

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Tufa formations Tufa formations

Mono Lake and its Islands

Mono Lake has 2 islands, 1 of which is a volcano.

A Volcanic Island

Former shorelines of Mono Lake

The shorelines at Mono Lake provide evidence that the water level has dropped significantly over the last couple of decades. On the shore you can also see the tufa formations that were once formed under the water.

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June Lake LoopGrant Lake

Grant Lake

June Lake LoopGrant Lake Moraines

Moraines

Moraines

June Lake LoopSILVER LAKE

Silver Lake

June Lake LoopSilver Lake Waterfall

Waterfall

Convict Lake

Convict Lake developed by a moraine dam that was created from retreating glaciers.

Convict Lake Oldest Rock Formations in the

Sierras

This is a picture of the oldest metamorphic rock formations.

Oldest rock formations

Eastern California Museum

During our visit at the Eastern California Museum I really enjoyed observing the beaded shoes and accessories. I learned that the beads were shaped from stone and shells, and were used for creating many different things, like baskets, belts, neck ties and collars. I also find it amazing that one can work with something so tiny to make it look so beautiful with the assortment of colors and details.

Beaded shoes

Beaded belts

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Manzanar

Manzanar War Relocation Center was a concentration camp bounded by barbed wire and guard towers (pictured above) that detained 10,000 people of Japanese descent. After being ordered to leave their homes by the us government, the men, women and children of Manzanar fought to establish a normal lifestyle for about three and a half years.

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MANZANARIn this picture we can see a small section of the concentration camp, Manzanar. The camp consisted of 68 blocks, including 36 residential blocks that had 14 barrack on each of them. We can also see a piece of the round stone wall that once surrounded a garden.

The stone wall pictured was built by prisoners of Manzanar, George Wada and crew, on June, 10th 1942 A.D. In the center of the wall now lives a Joshua tree, that was planted years after the camp was shut down.

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In Transit Photo Solar Power Plant

Solar Panels

In Transit PhotoDoppler Radar Tower

Doppler radar towers are tracking systems that determine the velocity of a moving object by measuring the Doppler shift. Also used to track weather.

In Transit PhotoThe Garlock Fault

The significance of The Garlock Fault is that it is the second largest fault in Southern California and marks the boundary between The Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada.

The Garlock Fault

In Transit PhotosCucamonga Alluvial Fan

The Cucamonga alluvial fan is made from flood-borne rock and debris that has flowed downward after rainstorms to the base of the mountain in the shape of a fan.

In Transit PhotoJoshua Tree

Joshua Tree Joshua Tree

In Transit PhotoCreosote Bush