From the mailbag
I have been returning year after year to Mono Lake since 1972, mostly in the summer and fall, only occasionally in the winter. I have seen the shoreline creep slowly out further into the lake in those past years of little rain and high diversions. The shoreline resembled a sandstone boardwalk upon which were trampled tufa and muddy footprints. Skeptical was I that one day we would see the lake retake these lands, swallow up the tufa, and recover to its former glory.
I was frankly amazed at how rapidly this wonderful place has changed with the recent wet winters and decreased diversions. Tufa that were at one time high
and dry, or grasses that had crept out into sandy beaches, are now under the lake's sparkling waters. Soon, towers will become islands.
Like this enclosed image taken in February from the South Tufa, we are now seeing reflections of tufa towers and bushes that will soon be submerged. The lake seems to be changing week by week. I get an anxious feeling that I should be capturing as many of these magic moments as I can while there are still quiet reflections such as these.
-- Steven Anderson
Fountain Valley
(a great photo of South Tufa was also enclosed)
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