Mono Lake 莫諾湖

An estimated 760,000 years old, this California landmark has, as a consequence of Los Angeles's water diversion efforts, become a stunning sightseeing location. While 100,000 people walk through the doors of the visitors' center annually, many more visit the lake. By 1982, the lake had lost 51 percent of the surface area it had before the diversions began in 1941, revealing once-submerged tufa (limestone), which now forms scenic, jutting towers across the water's surface. Photo by Shutterstock.

這處加利福利亞景觀是洛杉磯（ Los Angeles's ）引水分流作用的結果， 大約有760,000年的歷史，是一處令人嘆為觀止的觀光地點。在每年100,000人走過游客中心的大門時，有更多的人是在參觀這片湖。自從1941年開始改道，一直到1982年，這片湖已經流失了51%的表面面積，露出了曾一度淹埋在水下的凝灰巖（石灰石），像塔一樣聳立在水面，形成了一道獨特的風景。由 Shutterstock拍攝。