Another strangely beautiful early morning shot of the tufa formations, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

这是另一张在清晨所拍摄形态奇怪而又美丽的凝灰岩照片，背景是内华达山脉。

By the Shore 在岸边

The tufa towers rise like giant sand castles, peeking above Mono Lake's surface.

钙华塔升高得像巨型的沙堡，它正在窥视着莫诺湖的表面。

Tufa Towers 钙华塔

The odd shapes that tufa take can sometimes resemble coral. Towers like these were once submerged, but gradually began to become visible as water was diverted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the surface level of Mono Lake fell.

凝灰岩有时可以具有像珊瑚那样的奇怪形状。像照片中的这些钙华塔一度曾被淹没，然而当湖水改道流入洛杉矶渡槽而在莫诺湖的水面降低的时候，它们会逐渐开始显露出来。

White Stone, Pink Mountains 粉红色山脉的白石

Mono Lake is what remains of a much larger Pleistocene lake known as Lake Russell, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here, the lake is shown at sunrise.

据美国地质调查局，莫诺湖是一个更大的、称为罗素湖的更新世湖的遗迹。这里显示了湖面上的日出。

Grown Over 长高了

Mono Lake's tall grasses and shrubbery are shown growing along the bottom of this tufa formation.

莫诺湖的高茎草和灌木林沿着凝灰岩地层的底部生长起来。