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Subject: [Leica] Another Yosemite photo
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:15:32 -0600 (CST)
References: <BLU139-DS1178619EB59221E6985A0DB8D90@phx.gbl>

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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 
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