Trip TwoApril 13-15 2012

Diaz Lake Diaz lake is a sag pond. It was created from the shifts of the tectonic plates from nearby Lone Pine Fault. The Earthquakes made the ground uneven and water settled to the lowest point.

Fulat Alabama Hills

Lone Pine Fault

In 1872 a large earthquakes was cause by vertical and right- lateral displacement along the fault. The quake caused much destruction to the surrounding towns. It was responsible for 29 deaths and led the formation of Diaze Lake

Mono Lake Center

Birds in their environment

Mono Lake information

Mono Lake

Former Shoreline

Current Shore line

Former Shoreline

Shoreline Shoreline

First Shoreline

Tufa

Turfa

Created under water and as the lake water level decreased these formations were revealed.

Panum Crater

Convict Lake

Lake

The lake was named after tan incident in 1871 where a group of convict escaped from prison in Carson City.

Convict Lake

Oldest rock formation on the top in the middle and are called roof pendants and to the right is the terminal moraine

Oldest Rock Formation

June Lake Loop

Grant Lake

Silver Lake

Waterfall

Moraines

Eastern California Museum

Eastern California Museum

The museum features Story of Manzanar , the Japanese American WWII Internment Camp located. Between Independence and Lone Pine.

Manzanar

Largest Japanese relocation camp.

Paul Temeuchi “42”

Cucamonga Alluvial Fan

Out wash streams draining southern slope of the eastern part of the San garble mountain

Solar Power PlantGenerating System

Shows the solar power plant at the intersection of the 395 Highway.

Doppler Rader Is to get wind speed and river

Mine Tailings Left over from mine the 20th century lot of people were here for the gold rush

Aqueduct California Aqueduct

Garlock Fault Is the 2nd largest fault in California new death valley. With the San Andreas near the five freeway town Gorman

Desert Vegetation

Creosote

Joshua TreeBurroweed grass

Owens Dry Lake Water was first diverted from the Owens River to the City of Los Angeles in 1913, and by 1926 Owens Lake was Dry up.

SETI Towers

SETI Tower

Extra Terrestrial activity

Owens River Grorgo