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2 July 2005 Mono Lake, USA

Mono Lake

Mono Lake is famed for its unusual "tufa" limestone towers protruding above land and lake. These tufa towers were once completely submerged underwater where they were formed, until water was diverted from the lake, leaving them high and dry. I shot this against the light from a low angle and it turned out to be one my favourite interpretations of Mono Lake - it was reminiscent of the images I saw while diving underwater. I feel like I am once again among soft and hard corals looking up through the depths of the blue ocean broken by a burst of sunlight from the sky above. Perhaps this is what it was like during a wetter time here.


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Phil Douglis10-Aug-2006 19:34
One of the more daring views of mono lake -- there is no water, and the burned out sun is jarring. But it works perfectly here as a compliment to the prehistoric towers that give the lake its identity. You have truly made an undersea image above the ground, in every sense of that word.