Relaxation Video: Mono Lake By Emil West
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Uploaded by fredgwest1999 on Feb 6, 2009
Mono Lake is believed to have formed at least 760,000 years ago, dating back to the Long Valley eruption. Sediments located below the ash layer hint that Mono Lake could be a remnant of a larger and older lake that once covered a large part of Nevada and Utah, making it among the oldest lakes in North America.
Mono Lake is a terminal lake in a watershed fed from melting runoff with no outlet. Dissolved salts in the runoff thus remain in the lake and raise the pH and the salt concentration.
Mono Lake is in a geologically active area at the north end of the Mono-Inyo Crater volcanic chain of the Long Valley Caldera. The geological activity is caused by faulting at the base of the Sierra Nevada, and is associated with the crustal stretching of the Basin and Range Province.
In 1941 the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power extended an aqueduct system into the Mono Basin So much water was diverted that evaporation soon exceeded inflow and the surface level of Mono Lake fell rapidly. By 1982 the lake was reduced to 37,688 acres (15,251.8 ha) having lost 31 percent of its 1941 surface area. As a result alkaline sands and once-submerged tufa towers became exposed and Negit Island became land bridged, exposing the nests of gulls to predators (chiefly coyotes) and forcing the breeding colony to abandon the site.
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I saw a picture of mono lake and thought it would be a great place to swim, then found out its considerd poisonous
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For over 50 Years I have witnessed Mono Lake - It always has a very eternal appearance - though stark & barron , Your water color art depicts the locale extremely well
rentatrip1 2 years ago
Thank you...very much appreciate your comments.
fredgwest1999 2 years ago