Leslie Tapia Geo - 5 L. Schmidt

1. Digital Photo Journal
Geography 5
Spring 2012
By: Leslie Tapia

2. Trip One
Mormon Rocks, Cinder Hill & Fossil Falls
March 10, 2012
By: Leslie Tapia

3. Mormon Rocks
 1. The Mormon Rocks were formed by the San Andreas Fault. They were
named after being the Mormon Settlers migration location.

4. Mormon Rocks
 2. The Mormon Rocks are composed of a variety of sediments and layers of
rocks which had a great amount of perception, which came about when water
used to run from the Stream Bed and San Andreas Rift.

5. Mormon Rocks
 3. This Cajon pass is located between the San Bernardino and San Gabriel
Mountains.

6. Mormon Rocks
 3. The Cajon used to have a stream of water run through it.

7. Cinder Hill
 1. Cinder Hill is a basaltic cinder cone, in the Coso Volcanic field.

8. Cinder Hill
 2. Lava Flows are made of hardened basaltic lava.

9. Fossil Falls
 1. The Stream Bed is Owens Riverbed.

10. Fossil Falls
 2. Fossil Falls was formed by melted water from glaciers. This melted water
flowed through a river, which then flowed over the lava flow. This caused the
basalt to be smooth.

11. Fossil Falls
 3. Metate Holes were formed from pieces of debri that would drill into the
basalt.

12. Fossil Falls
 4. Obsidian Flakes were made by Native Americans who. They used these
flakes as tools or weapons.

13. Fossil Falls
 5. Petroglyphs were made by Native Americans and they were created to
illustrate stories or guide people.

14. Fossil Falls
 6. Native Americans made house rings as a foundation for their homes. They
would pitch a tent like foundations over these house rings.

15. Trip Two
Diaz Lake Manzanar
Mammoth Area Mono Lake
Panum Crater Convict Lake
June Lake Loop Eastern California Museum
April 13-15
2012
By: Leslie Tapia

16. Diaz Lake
 1. Diaz Lake was created when the shifts of the tectonic plates from the Lone
Pine Fault. The ground
was created from
earthquakes, which
made it uneven and
settled water in the
low points of the area.

17. Diaz Lake
 2. The Earthquake of 1872 caused 29 deaths and an enormous amount of
destruction to local towns.

18. Manzanar
 1. Manzanar was 1 out of 10 locations
where many Japanese Americans
were imprisoned during
World War II. These
camps were created to
seclude all Japanese
Americans, in fear of
any future attacks against
The United States.

19. Manzanar
 2. This is the actual site of the foundations of the homes of the Japanese, that
were secluded in this area.

20. Mono Lake
 1. The Island of Neget and Pehoa are both volcanos and are located on the
Mono Lake.

21. Mono Lake
 2. The Former Shoreline is hundreds of feet away from the current shoreline.
The Former Shoreline is from 1963.

22. Mono Lake
 2. The Current Shorelines were caused from receding waters from the Los
Angeles Aqueduct.

23. Mono Lake
 3. The Tufa was created formed from underground freshwater springs that
entered the lake. Tufas expand from under the surface.

24. Panum Crater
 1. The Burns were caused from a wildfire in 1981.

25. Convict Lake
 1. Convict Lake was created from glaciers.

26. Convict Lake
 2. Lateral Moraines are cause from glacial settlement.

27. Convict Lake
 3. The Oldest Rock Formation has roof pendants and has terminal moraine, to
its right.

28. June Lake Loop
 1.

29. June Lake Loop
 2.

30. June Lake Loop
 4.

31. Eastern California Museum
 1. The artifact that interested
me the most, was the miniature
cradleboards. These cradleboards
were made as toys for young
Indian children. They were
also made to be sold to tourists.
They were made with an
enormous amount of detail. The
pattern of the hood would indicate
if it was a girls or boys
cradleboard.

32. In-Transit
By: Leslie Tapia

33. Cucamonga Alluvial Fan
 1. The Cucamonga Alluvial Fan is wash streams which drains southern
slope, of the eastern part of the San Gabriel mountain.

34. Solar Power Plant
 2. Kramer Junction Company

35. Doppler Radar Tower
 4. The Doppler Radar Tower is used to collect information from the atmosphere
in order to make predictions for the weather.

36. Mine Tailings
 5. Mine Tailings were made in the 20th Century and were used for gold mining.

37. Garlock Fault
 6. The Garlock Fault is the second largest fault in California.

38. Joshua Tree
 7.

39. Creosote
 7.

40. Burroweed Grass
 7.

41. Owens Dry Lake
 9. The water from Owens Dry Lake was diverted to Los Angeles in 1913. In
1926, Owens Lake was completely dry.