Breathtakingly beautiful 760,000+ yr old Lake

Mono Lake, Eastern Sierra, California

A unique natural phenomena that is incredibly beautiful and serene. A saline lake with no fish except for brine shrimp. Magnificent and unusual rock formations (Tufa Towers) surround the lake along the shorelines.

85% of the state's population of California gulls breed here.

May have formed 1-3 million years ago making it one of the oldest in North America