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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> North America & Caribbean >> USA >> California >> Mono Lake & Bodie, California | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 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 |
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