Crater Trails above Mono Lake - Plug Trail left - Rim trail right 20110925-162928 C4B
This is the second crop of a digital image while walking the crater trail above Mono Lake. You can see the lake in the left middle of the image. Image capture using Canon EOS 60D from a large gravel path somewhere near the mouth of the crater. We had two choices and eventually doubled back to the parking area as we tired of walking with potentially unknown results. You can see by the trees on the top of a nearby rocky mound, that perspective is deceiving and things are farther apart than they seem.
Maybe the next time, if ever, I visit Mono Lake I will spend more time exploring the many craters in the area. The area was very inhospitable, though, and maybe a bit too strenuous toward the end of a busy day.
Crater Trails above Mono Lake - Plug Trail left - Rim trail right 20110925-162928 C4B
This is the second crop of a digital image while walking the crater trail above Mono Lake. You can see the lake in the left middle of the image. Image capture using Canon EOS 60D from a large gravel path somewhere near the mouth of the crater. We had two choices and eventually doubled back to the parking area as we tired of walking with potentially unknown results. You can see by the trees on the top of a nearby rocky mound, that perspective is deceiving and things are farther apart than they seem.
Maybe the next time, if ever, I visit Mono Lake I will spend more time exploring the many craters in the area. The area was very inhospitable, though, and maybe a bit too strenuous toward the end of a busy day.