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Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve

Lee Vining, USA

Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
Photo by Dick Rowan / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

A saline lake more than 760,000 years old, three times saltier than the ocean, ringed by towering limestone tufa towers exposed when water was diverted to Los Angeles. The South Tufa Area is the most accessible.

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