A couple enjoys a peaceful morning at the often crowed South Tufa Area.
Alkali flies are an important part of the food chain at Mono Lake.
Calcium carbonate built up around underwater springs to form the tufa of Mono Lake.
South Tufa Trail.
Visitors are dwarfed by the tufa towers at Mono Lake.
Mono Craters and tufa formations.
Park rangers lead a school group on a tour of South Tufa.
South Tufa, Mono Lake.
Looking west to the Sierra Nevada from Navy Beach.
The road to South Tufa is sometimes closed after large storms.
Mono Lake.
Tufa of Mono Lake.
Photographers flock from around the world to see the tufa of Mono Lake.
Giant pillars at South Tufa.
Tufa only forms under water. These pillars were revealed as lake levels dropped.
An easy hiking trail connects Navy Beach to South Tufa.