1. Rocio Villarreal Geography 5 Photo Journal

2. Cinder Hill, Fossil Falls, and Mormon Rocks April 2,2011 Field Trip #2

3. April 2, 2011 Cinder Hill

4. Also known as Red Hill, it is one of 21 active volcanoes in the Coso Volcanic Range. Its last eruption was about 500 years ago. April 2, 2011 Cinder Hill

5. Lava flows are extrusive volcanic formations made up of basalt. Basalt is the dark colored lava, and its color was caused by the rapid cooling of the lava when it reached the earth’s surface. April 2, 2011 Lava Flows

6. Yellow Wildflower at Cinder Hill.

7. April 2, 2011 Fossil Falls

8. Owens Stream bed near Fossil Falls. Water from Owens Lake used to run through here. April 2, 2011 Owens Stream Bed

9. Fossil Falls was sculpted by lava and water about 44o,000 years ago from the result of a violent eruption. April 2, 2011 Fossil Falls

10. Metate Holes were made by rocks that got stuck in lava, whirled around and carved a hole. April 2, 2011 Metate Holes

11. Obsidian is a black, glass-like, type of rock that Native Americans used to make arrowheads. April 2, 2011 Obsidian Flakes

12. Petroglyphs are writings on rocks that were drawn by Native Americans that lived around this area for about 10,000 years. This petroglyph contains a picture of big horn sheep and a Shaman. April 2, 2011 Petroglyphs

13. House rings were foundations for Native American homes. April 2, 2011 House Ring

14. April 2, 2011 Rattlesnake Weed

15. April 2, 2011 Bluepine Bush

16. April 2, 2011 Mormon Rocks

17. Mormon Rocks is a tilted fault block, made by the San Andreas Fault, which brings together the Pacific Plate with the North American Plate. April 2, 2011 Mormon Rocks

18. The Granular structure of Mormon Rocks is made up of sedimentary rock, and its layers show a perfect weather record of how much rain falls every year. April 2, 2011 Granular Structure

19. San Andreas fault brings together the Pacific Plate with the North American Plate. April 2, 2011 San Andreas Rift Zone and Stream Bed San Andreas Rift Zone Stream bed

20. The Yaka tree is related to Joshua trees. April 2, 2011 Yaka Tree

21. Diaz Lake, Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitors Center, Keoughs Hot Springs, Mono Lake, Convict Lake, Owens River, Eastern California Museum, and Manzanar April 15-17, 2011 Field Trip #2

22. April 15, 2011 Diaz Lake

23. Diaz lake was made by an 8.0+ earthquake in 1872. During the earthquake, the earth sank and the land started to fill up with water. It is also known as a sag pond. April 15, 2011 Diaz Lake Diaz Lake

24. The Lone Pine Fault is located next to Diaz lake. April 15, 2011 Lone Pine Fault Sierra Nevada Aqueduct Lone Pine Fault

25. Near Diaz Lake. April 15, 2011 Cottonwood Tree

26. April 15, 2011 Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitors Center

27. Mt. Whitney is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Its elevation is 14,505 ft. These mountains were formed by glaciers. April 15, 2011 Mt. Whitney Mt. Whitney

28. Inyo Mountains used to be underwater and were pushed up out of the ocean because of the plate tectonics. They were sedimentary rock but as time passed they began to dry up and it turned into metamorphic rock. April 15, 2011 Inyo-White Mountains Inyo-White Mountains

29. Alluvial Fan located in the Inyo-White Mountains. April 15, 2011 Alluvial Fan Alluvial Fan Photo taken by: Jessica Esparza

30. April 15, 2011 Keoughs Hot Springs

31. This stream is a hot spring, water is heated from the fault that lies underneath. When the water is heated, it rises up and runs through a creek. April 15, 2011 Stream

32. April 16, 2011 Mono Lake

33. Mono Lake has 2 islands, Negit and Paoha Island. Negit Island was a volcano and it last erupted about 800 years ago. Paoha Island rose from underneath the lake due to volcanic magma pushing up sediments above the surface of the lake. April 16, 2011 Mono Lake Paoha Island Negit Island Mono Lake

34. Mono Lake has been drying over the years, and it started to dry up even faster when Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power started to take the water from the streams that led up to Mono Lake. Today a few of those streams had been restored and allow some water to go back in to Mono Lake. April 16, 2011 Mono Lake Shorelines Ancient Shoreline Old Shoreline Recent Shoreline

35. April 16, 2011 Swallow

36. Tufas used to be underwater, they are made up of calcium, carbonate and lime, which were formed when fresh water and salt water meet. It also shows where streams used to meet the lake. April 16, 2011 Tufa

37. North America’s newest mountain range. It was made up by volcanoes, in which there are 110 in the area. April 16,2011 Mono Crater

38. April 16, 2011 Convict Lake

39. Convict Lake got its name when convicts were found after they had escaped from prison and later were hung by authorities in 1871. April 16, 2011 Convict Lake Oldest Rock Formation Lateral Moraine Convict Lake

40. A terminal is the sediment that was moved from it place by glaciers. April 16, 2011 Terminal Terminal

41. April 16, 2011 Owens River

42. This benchmark is found next to the Owens River, near Bishop, California. April 16, 2011 Benchmark

43. Swallow nests are found underneath this bridge above the Owens River. April 16, 2011 Owens River with Swallows nests Swallows Nests Owens River

44. Bristlecone trees are about 4500 years old and are the oldest living trees in the world. April 16, 2011 Inyo-White Mountains with Bristlecones Bristlecones Inyo-White Mountains

45. April 17, 2011 Eastern California Museum

46. I chose this picture because it is part of a model of what a Japanese Internment camp would look like. Now not very many are still standing. April 17, 2011 Internment Camp

47. April 17, 2011 Manzanar

48. Manzanar was one of ten labor camps in which people of Japanese decent were sent during World War II. About 110,000 men, women, and children lived here. April 17, 2011 Manzanar War Relocation Center

49. This is part of what is left of Manzanar. Most of its buildings and artifacts were removed from this camp and were used to build other buildings in the neighboring town, or sent to museums. April 17, 2011 Manzanar Area

50. In-Transit Photos

51. Solar Power Plant April 2, 2011

52. Koehn Lake Desert Playa April 2, 2011

53. Doppler Radar Towers are used to measure wind. Doppler Radar Tower April 2, 2011

54. Near Red Mountain, Rand Mining District. Mine Tailings

55. April 2, 2011 Garlock Fault

56. April 2, 2011 California Aqueduct

57. Mojave Desert Wildflowers April 2, 2011

58. April 15, 2011 Cucamonga Alluvial Fan Cucamonga Alluvial Fan

59. Desert Vegetation Joshua Tree Creosote April 15, 2011

60. April 15, 2011 Desert Vegetation Burroweed Grass

61. April 15, 2011 Owens Dry Lake Owens Dry Lake

62. April 15, 2011 SETI Towers