Dawn, Mono Lake Tufa and Sierra Crest. Mono Lake, California. July 23, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Photographed on an early morning July trip to Mono Lake during the summer of 2007. The location is at “South Tufa,” more or less the class spot from which to photograph Mono Lake in the early morning light, which on this day was made more interesting by the passing clouds above the very still water of the lake.

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