4 March 2012
Scenes from Mono Lake
Posted by Callan
Yesterday I flew from DC to Reno, Nevada in the company of 11 students, and then we rented vehicles and drove south on Route 395, one of the greatest roads in America, to Bishop, California, where we area based for the next 3 days. We’re doing a regional field geology course examining the extraordinary rocks, structure, geomorphology, and water resource issues of the Owens Valley and Death Valley. Just before sunset, we had made it as far as Mono Lake, and stopped there to examine the bizarrely-shaped tufa towers on the south shore.
More fun photos to come…
Callan Bentley is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. He is particularly interested in structural geology and the evolution of the Appalachian mountain belt. Callan draws cartoons and writes for EARTH magazine. He lives in the Fort Valley of Virginia.
ben said on 4 March 2012
I trust the brine flies are doing well.