This is a different view of Mono Lake than most people see. Most often it is viewed and photographed from the shoreline near the west side of the lake, often in areas with the famous tufa towers. To make this photograph I went south of the lake and up to a mountain ridge — high enough to no longer really be part of the sage brush basin and range terrain.
Typical views of the lake can make it seem like a desert area, which is a fairly accurately characterization of the place. But here, because my camera position is higher than usual and to the southeast, we get an entirely different view. Large areas of forest appear among patches of sage, and Paoha Island, viewed from the side rater than an end, takes up much more of the frame.
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G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra, (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.
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