Mono Lake is located in the town of Lee Vining at the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park. It is part of the region known as the Eastern Sierras, which is home to more than 2,000 mountain lakes. Mono Lake is unique among the lakes due to the interesting formations that rise from the bottom of the lake. The lake is a large shallow lake that has no outlet, causing high levels of salts to accumulate which make the water alkaline. Over time, tufas (columns of limestone deposits) were formed and became visible when the lake's water levels became shallow. The tufas have become a terrific photographic subject and we were fortunate to photograph them with clouds in the sky. As can be seen in this photograph, the tufas began to glow from the soft light of the morning sun. As we watched the fog on the opposite shore and the clouds in the distance. the scene felt mystical.