Mono Lake "What the hell is that smell?"
Just off the 395 in Mono County there is a huge lake, heading North, on the East side of the road. Mono Lake is a saline soda lake that was formed about 760,000 years ago. There is no outlet to the ocean so as a result, the level of salt that accumulates in the lake is extreme.
The first thing I clearly noticed was the strong smell of dead fish or dead something! It got worse the closer I got to the lakes edge. There were spots along the shore that looked firm but when you stepped on them, you started to sink into the salty, smelly earth! The black sand that is close to the water in the photos, is actually black flies! Did I say smelly!
When I first drove by, I thought it was frozen with mounds of ice piled up along the shores. When I went back the next day and walked down to check it out, and take photos, I realized that it was mountains of salt that had created huge towering salt sculptures off shore and along the coastline.
It's really kind of beautiful to look at in a very odd sort of way so I had to take a few pictures to take home with me. As I walked back up the path to my car, three more photographers where heading down to take photos.
I did an image search for "Mono Lake" and found a picture of a wedding couple standing in this water.
After my description above do I need to say anything else!
Salt towers up from the water like glaciers.
Millions of flies line the shores!
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