What is/was the worst camera you ever owned? The #nikon #d600 was notorious for its oil splashes on to the sensor causing these spots on the upper left corner... Incidentally the best camera I ever had was also a #Nikon ;-)

#landscape #photography #monoLake

View of mono lake with snow on sierras and Yosemite! #yosemite #monolake #sierrasnowpack

Comparison of the snow in the Sierra Nevada near Mono Lake. First shot is May 17, 2023. Second is June 20, 2023. Not a very dramatic difference in snow level, I’m glad to see.

#snow #SierraNevada #Sierra #Yosemite #MonoLake #water #California

Out at #MonoLake #StormChasing today. First cell of the morning built fast and is headed right out over the lake, unfortunately a second cell is headed across the west shore of the lake, directly overhead.

Morning: Crowley Lake Columns.

Noon: Mono Lake, camera set up, hoping for a lightning strike.

Maybe there will be a nice sunset, if no bolts. Slightly higher chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. Doesn't look good for lightning at the moment, but it's pretty.

Might go back to the Columns later when the light is nicer.
#photography #LandscapePhotography #MonoLake (no)#lightning :-(

#Mono Lake: Will state stop diverting its water to L.A.?- CalMatters https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/05/mono-lake-water-diversion/ #MonoLake #LA #LADWP #CAWater #CA

It’s nice to see this #Monolake album reissued. It’s the earliest incarnation of this seminal electronic group of #RobertHenke & #GerhardBehles. This is music that I’d wish those who love the shoegaze would discover, there are more than a few parallels in this sound. Monolake and the entire #BasicChannel #ChainReaction output from the mid to late 90’s. #DubTechno https://roberthenke.bandcamp.com/album/hongkong-2

FYI there is a horse skeleton in this photo. There have been a lot of horses at Mono Lake this year. Some got trapped by the cold weather in winter. #MonoLake

It’s as if the sky noticed it’s almost Pride month.
#MonoLake

Happy me at #MonoLake

#MeerMittwoch

Mono Lake in the Sierra Mountains of California.
Very calm day with wonderful light.

#MonoLake #California #SierraMountains

Today in Labor History March 12, 1928: The St. Francis Dam failed in Los Angeles, California, killing 431 people. It is the second deadliest disaster in California, after the 1906 earthquake, and one of the worst U.S. civil engineering disasters ever. A defective foundation and design flaws caused the failure. Yet, the inquest absolved chief engineer, William Mulholland, of all criminal responsibility, and he continued to earn a salary from the Bureau of Public Works (though his career was effectively ended). The authorities continued to find victims of the flood until the mid-1950s. Many of the victims were out to sea. Some washed ashore as far south as Mexico. Mulholland was also the designer of the 233-mile Los Angeles Aqueduct, which sucks water from the Owens Valley and is a major cause of the depletion of the fragile Mono Lake. As its water levels continues to decline, it threatens the world’s second largest gull rookery, home to up to 50,000 birds. The aqueduct’s construction, and the shady methods Mulholland used to acquire the water rights, led to the California Water Wars between LA County and Owens Valley farmers. Many of those same Anglo farmers (or their predecessors) usurped the land from Piute people during the 1863 Owens Valley Indian War, which was precipitated, in part, by the vast loss of human and cattle lives, and the displacements, caused by the Megaflood of 1861, which inundated much of the West, from Idaho and Oregon, down to northern Baja California. The corruption related to the construction of the aqueduct has been portrayed in the film Chinatown, and in the nonfiction book, “Cadillac Desert.”

For more on the Megaflood of 1861, please read my article, “Worse Than the Big One”: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2023/01/04/worse-than-the-big-one-californias-coming-megaflood-2/

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #flood #dam #mulholland #MonoLake #OwensValley #NativeAmerican #indigenous #piute #ecology #chinatown #IndianWar #HabitatDestruction @bookstadon

I opened my shade on the way to San Francisco and this is what I saw: #MonoLake, surrounded by snow! #California #Yosemite

Stillness and tranquility. The only sounds are your own footsteps. #silentsunday #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #nature #art #mastodon #monolake #california #stillness #tranquility

The colonizers of western North America trampled Indigenous land and water rights. That era is ending now. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14022023/mono-lake-los-angeles-water-diversions/ #landback #waterislife #monolake

Mono Lake Tribe Seeks to Assert Its Water Rights in Call For Emergency Halt of Water Diversions to Los Angeles

The Kootzaduka’a says the state water board should live up to its recently adopted #environmental justice promises to save their #cultural and natural heritage.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14022023/mono-lake-los-angeles-water-diversions/

#waterrights #tribalrights #monolake #california

Very jealous of people living in Melbourne. From beat:

"If you are a #music creator, you’ve heard of the music software #Ableton Live, and if you are a music lover, you’ve certainly heard tunes created with it. Robert Henke (aka #Monolake) is a co-author of the widely used software and a legend in the electronic music scene. His #audiovisual installations and laser performances redefined the performance practice of electronic music in Berlin shortly after the fall of the Wall.

This scene legend is visiting #Melbourne for one night only to perform new works, bringing another influential Berlin electronic music icon along for the ride. Susanne #Kirchmayr (aka Electric Indigo) has been a club and festival feature worldwide for more than 30 years. Also known for conceptual sound installations and live compositions, Kirchmayr has led the #feminist movement in dance music and is the founder of female:pressure, a transnational network created to provide support for female, non-binary and transgender artists in the electronic music scene."

This one-off dual line-up of Monolake and Electric Indigo takes place on Thursday March 23rd, 7.30pm at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall as part of the MCR series Season One: Horizon.

https://beat.com.au/if-this-is-revolutionary-is-not-my-concern-ableton-author-monolake-and-feminist-pioneer-electric-indigo-come-to-melbourne/

#FotoMontag #PhotoMonday

South tufa area of #MonoLake (near Mammoth, #California)
(taken December 2019)

#NaturePhotography #Reflections #LandscapePhotography

RT @SiKImagery@twitter.com

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These are #tufas, from #MonoLake #California. The Milky Way barely showed up since the moon was so bright. Lots of stars got washed out, so I blended it with another Milky Way shot.
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Navy Beach, Mono Lake, California