16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Mono Lake at Dusk

There are few places on Earth, where you might feel like being on a different Planet. Mono Lake is an amazing place to wander around and explore the natural beauty of this place. This lake is famous for the “Tufa Towers” in which they can reach heights of over 30 feet. Typically, underwater springs rich in calcium mixes with lakewater rich in carbonates and as a result, it creates these amazing formation of limestone rocks.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2018
Date Uploaded: 07.2018
Photo Location: California, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D7100
Copyright: © Bachir Badaoui