Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Thanks very much. That is pretty interesting. And even more interesting that the name has nothing to do with the Latin-derived mono, or single, which is what I assumed lay behind the name. Robert On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > Why is it named Mono Lake? > > On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Aram Langhans wrote: > >> Ken. I like the repeating blue reflections from the waves. And you can >> see >> the bottom. did you use a polarizer or is the water that clear this time >> of >> year? We did not stop for a look this time. >> >> Actually, Mono Lake is teaming with life. It is not a desert by any >> means. >> Alkali flies and brine shrimp abound. And recently some NASA scientists >> found that there is possibly a novel form of life that can use arsenic as >> a >> replacement for phosphorous in many biochemical pathways, including >> perhaps >> DNA and RNA. Kind of "earth shattering" in the field if it pans out as >> the >> early evidence seems to suggest. It is a very interesting lake. did you >> wander over to the south end to see the tufa formations? The lake is >> slowly >> refilling after being tapped heavily for water in the 70's and 80's. The >> formations are being partially covered. >> >> Aram >> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 4:22 PM >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: [Leica] Another Yosemite photo >>> >>>> A duck on Mono Lake, from our Yosemite adventure week before last - >>>> I'm not sure what they found to eat, but they were diving away. >>>> Suggestions welcome as always. >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_MG_3060.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information