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Mono
Circolo degli Artisti, Rome 02.03.2010
Mono are:
Takaakira "Taka" Goto: guitar
Tamaki: bass
Yoda: guitar
Yasunori Takada: drums
The photogenic tufa towers in Mono Lake are due to the hypersalinity and alkalinity of the water. In 1941, an aqueduct system was extended in the Mono Basin and water was diverted from the Owens River in order to provide resources for the Los Angeles area. So much water was diverted that evaporation soon exceeded inflow and the surface level of Mono Lake fell rapidly. By 1982 the lake had lost 31 percent of its 1941 surface area. As a result alkaline sands and once-submerged tufa towers became exposed. Despite the protection efforts, the surface level is still below historic levels and exposed shorelines are a source of significant alkali dust during periods of high wind. However, Mono Lake has been spared the fate of becoming a dry lake bed, and since 1994, the lake level has steadily risen.
Mono
Circolo degli Artisti, Rome 02.03.2010
Mono are:
Takaakira "Taka" Goto: guitar
Tamaki: bass
Yoda: guitar
Yasunori Takada: drums
From Wikipedia:
Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean. Because it lacks an outlet, dissolved salts make the lake very alkaline and saline.
This desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp that thrive in its waters, and provides critical nesting habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp. Mono Lake is also notable for containing GFAJ-1, a rod-shaped extremophilic species of bacteria that may be capable of metabolizing the usually poisonous element arsenic.
Mono
Circolo degli Artisti, Rome 02.03.2010
Mono are:
Takaakira "Taka" Goto: guitar
Tamaki: bass
Yoda: guitar
Yasunori Takada: drums
Located in California's spectacular Eastern Sierra, Mono Lake is an oasis in the dry Great Basin and a vital habitat for millions of migratory and nesting birds.
The unusual rock formations that grace Mono Lake's shores are known to geologists as tufa. Tufa forms in a variety of ways at Mono Lake, but the most visible and remarkable formations are the towers that grace Mono's shoreline.