@californiacurated: Why Mono Lake Looks Like Another Planet Eastern California’s Mono Lake is one of the strangest lakes in North America. Older than many lakes on Earth, with no outlet to the ocean, its waters became salty and alkaline over millions of years. Towering tufa formations rise from the shoreline like stone ruins, while millions of migratory birds depend on the lake’s brine shrimp and alkali flies for survival. #MonoLake, #CaliforniaCurated, #EasternSierra, #CaliforniaNature, #TufaTowers, #GreatBasin, #Geology, #BirdMigration, #NaturalHistory, #CaliforniaScience

MarkGenX68 :

moe-no...not mah- no.

Bad Glamma :

just got back from Mono Lake, stayed right across the street at The Tioga lodge, beautiful haunting, Erie,lake

MedicineMan :

its not called mano its called mo-no lake. and a nice Lil fact about Lee vining. my family was one of the founders of Lee vining.

glass_jaw :

The fly water bubble is insane

AstroHun :

I thought this was going to be about the Salton Sea but now I've got somewhere even cooler/weirder to visit.

KIngChopz :

Nice I’m getting docs now

Rear :

Was just there a while ago and there were so much bugs 😭

facemelt :

Stuff like this is why I like TikTok

Yolanda :

This place is absolutely a beautiful place to visit before going into Yosemite.

David :

Billions of birds is crazy

Tazbert :

theshopliftingseagull :

Fascinating video. Best one I’ve ever seen on the magical ecological weirdness of Mono Lake. Thank you!

Weston :

brisketisadog :

Fun fact. The city of Los Angeles used to get its water from this lake 🤓

MrsIndianBoss :

Nightmare activated

voiddoiv :

wow aquatic flies

Elex Branch :

Drove past it once pretty cool looking

mano :

lake

c.arellanes59 :

Ohhh my goodness 😳 😍 🙏🙏🙏Never knew that, thank you 😊

Linda Mermaid 💙 :

If you're allergic to goldenrod, do not go there during the flowering season. It grows profusely there.

chefjpw :

I was just there last week. Such a beautiful area.

Cali Broken Brain :

this made me itch

Charting in the dark :

Are people allowed on the lake?

theSilvaLoco :

I had a field trip here when I was in elementary school

Ty Lewd :

Mono Lake - natural Salton Sea - man made