Mono Lake
(/ˈmoʊnoʊ/ MOH-noh) is a salinesoda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake. These salts also make the lake water alkaline.
Aerial photograph of Mono LakeThis desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrjjimp that thrive in its waters, and provides critical habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and alkali flies (Ephydra hians).[2][3] Historically, the native Kutzadika'apeople derived nutrition from the alkali flies' pupae, which live in the shallow waters around the edge of the lake.When the city of Los Angeles diverted water from the freshwater streams flowing into the lake, it lowered the lake level, which imperiled the migratory birds. The Mono Lake Committee formed in response and won a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially replenish the lake level.
ArtworkEdit
In 1968, the artist Robert Smithson made Mono Lake Non-Site (Cinders near Black Point)[51] using pumice collected while visiting Mono on July 27, 1968 with his wife Nancy Holt and Michael Heizer (both prominent visual artists). In 2004, Nancy Holt made a short film entitled Mono Lakeusing Super 8 footage and photographs of this trip. An audio recording by Smithson and Heizer, two songs by Waylon Jennings, and Michel Legrand's Le Jeu, the main theme of Jacques Demy's film Bay of Angels (1963), were used for the soundtrack.[52]
The Diver, a photo taken by Aubrey Powellof Hipgnosis for Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here (1975), features what appears to be a man diving into a lake, creating no ripples. The photo was taken at Mono Lake, and the tufa towers are a prominent part of the landscape. The effect was actually created when the diver performed a handstand underwater until the ripples dissipated.[53]
FilmEdit
Mono Lake
Aerial photograph of Mono LakeThis desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrjjimp that thrive in its waters, and provides critical habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and alkali flies (Ephydra hians).[2][3] Historically, the native Kutzadika'apeople derived nutrition from the alkali flies' pupae, which live in the shallow waters around the edge of the lake.When the city of Los Angeles diverted water from the freshwater streams flowing into the lake, it lowered the lake level, which imperiled the migratory birds. The Mono Lake Committee formed in response and won a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially replenish the lake level.
In popular cultureEdit
"South Tufa, Mono Lake", 2013.
ArtworkEdit
In 1968, the artist Robert Smithson made Mono Lake Non-Site (Cinders near Black Point)[51] using pumice collected while visiting Mono on July 27, 1968 with his wife Nancy Holt and Michael Heizer (both prominent visual artists). In 2004, Nancy Holt made a short film entitled Mono Lakeusing Super 8 footage and photographs of this trip. An audio recording by Smithson and Heizer, two songs by Waylon Jennings, and Michel Legrand's Le Jeu, the main theme of Jacques Demy's film Bay of Angels (1963), were used for the soundtrack.[52]
The Diver, a photo taken by Aubrey Powellof Hipgnosis for Pink Floyd's album Wish You Were Here (1975), features what appears to be a man diving into a lake, creating no ripples. The photo was taken at Mono Lake, and the tufa towers are a prominent part of the landscape. The effect was actually created when the diver performed a handstand underwater until the ripples dissipated.[53]
FilmEdit
A scene featuring a volcano in the film Fair Wind to Java (1953)[54] was shot at Mono Lake. Most of the scenes in the 1973 movie "High PlainTes Drifter" starring Clint Eastwood were filmed on the shores of the lake.
MusicEdit
The music video for glam metal band Cinderella's 1988 power ballad Don't Know What You Got ('Till It's Gone) was filmed by the lake.[55]
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