Mono Lake #1

Mono Lake - Mono County  1994

A strange desert lake just east of Yosemite. Here’s a shot of Mono Lake, taken in, I think, May, 1994, when there was still snow on the Sierra crest west of the lake. I was staying in a motel in nearby Lee Vining, got up early and drove over to the visitor’s center parking lot. As usual at that early hour, nobody was there.

I set up my 4x5 view camera and took this photograph, shivering, as the sun rose over the desert expanses to the east. (Click for larger photo.)

This is the my only photo of Mono Lake I've been able to find that was taken in the last century. There must be more!