Mono Lake Tufas
Oct 16, 2019 01:28:19 #
8 image panorama shot on Nikon D850 with Nikkor 28-300. Stitched together in Lightroom, minor exposure adjustments.
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Oct 17, 2019 11:20:27 #
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Loc: Buena Park, CA
Cwilson341 wrote:
Excellent pano of a unique landscape!
It really conveys a mood.
Oct 17, 2019 11:41:56 #
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Oct 17, 2019 19:14:14 #
abc1234 wrote:
Are those salt deposits from when the lake was higher?
No not salt but some chemicals that bubbled up from beneath the lake - quite fascinating to examine up close much like some coral and volcanic formations I've seen. I spent more time exploring the ones around the sore line than shooting the ones in and along the water
Oct 17, 2019 19:15:22 #
Oct 17, 2019 21:10:33 #
abc1234 wrote:
Are those salt deposits from when the lake was higher?
Volcanic vents bubbling up extremely hot, mineral-laden water from when Mono Lake was significantly deeper and the volcanic activity was considerably more active.
IT was this type of volcanic vent at the bottom of a primordial Mono Lake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFFmDGIsa4
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