Another strangely beautiful early morning shot of the tufa formations, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

這是另一張?jiān)谇宄克臄z形態(tài)奇怪而又美麗的凝灰?guī)r照片，背景是內(nèi)華達(dá)山脈。

By the Shore 在岸邊

The tufa towers rise like giant sand castles, peeking above Mono Lake's surface.

鈣華塔升高得像巨型的沙堡，它正在窺視著莫諾湖的表面。

Tufa Towers 鈣華塔

The odd shapes that tufa take can sometimes resemble coral. Towers like these were once submerged, but gradually began to become visible as water was diverted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the surface level of Mono Lake fell.

凝灰?guī)r有時(shí)可以具有像珊瑚那樣的奇怪形狀。像照片中的這些鈣華塔一度曾被淹沒(méi)，然而當(dāng)湖水改道流入洛杉磯渡槽而在莫諾湖的水面降低的時(shí)候，它們會(huì)逐漸開(kāi)始顯露出來(lái)。

White Stone, Pink Mountains 粉紅色山脈的白石

Mono Lake is what remains of a much larger Pleistocene lake known as Lake Russell, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here, the lake is shown at sunrise.

據(jù)美國(guó)地質(zhì)調(diào)查局，莫諾湖是一個(gè)更大的、稱(chēng)為羅素湖的更新世湖的遺跡。這里顯示了湖面上的日出。

Grown Over 長(zhǎng)高了

Mono Lake's tall grasses and shrubbery are shown growing along the bottom of this tufa formation.

莫諾湖的高莖草和灌木林沿著凝灰?guī)r地層的底部生長(zhǎng)起來(lái)。