3. Mormon Rocks
Mormon Rocks are sandstone blocks
that were formed by the San Andreas
Rift. Water than ran through the area
carrying sediments formed these
rocks a long time ago.
4. Granular Structure
Mormon Rocks are mainly composed
of layer upon layer of sand. Looking
closely you can see its rocks and
sand combined.
5. Stream Bed and San
Andreas Rift Zone
The stream bed is located in the
Mormon Rocks. It is part of the San
Andreas rift zone which separates
the Pacific Plate and the North
American Plate.
9. Fossil Falls
They were formed by volcanic
activity and water of glaciers from
the Sierra Nevada.
10. Metate Holes
These holes were formed in the
stream bed. They were made when
small pieces of debris such as rocks
and pebbles revolved around the
same place with running water and
drilled these holes.
11. Obsidian Flakes
Native Americans lived on these
lands around ten thousand years
ago. These Obsidian flakes were left
behind by the natives because they
would sit near fossil falls and chip
obsidian to form their tools.
12. Petroglyph
These petroglyphs were drawn by
the Native Americans that lived in
these regions thousands of years ago.
As an offering people will leave a
cigarette because it depicts tobacco,
which was very popular among
Native Americans.
13. House Rings
The Native Americans used rocks to
form their homes. Since they were
migrators they would only stay in the
summer and move when it became
too cold for them.
14. Trip Two
Diaz Lake
Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitors Center
Keoughs Hot Springs
Mammoth Rest Area
Mono Lake
Panum Crater
June Lake Loop
Convict Lake
Eastern California Museum
Manzanar
15. Lake Diaz
Diaz lake was created when an
earthquake that occurred along lone
pine fault, which caused the land to
sink. Water then filled the area and
created the lake.
23. Mono Lake
Mono lake is very salty due to the
fact that it has no outlet to an ocean.
Two islands are actually volcanoes.
Neget is the dark one on the back
and the white one is called Pehoa.
24. Former Shorelines
There are three shorelines in the
lake. The ancient shoreline was
thousands of years ago. The 1940’s
shoreline is were the vegetation
ends. And the present shore line is as
it shows.
25. Tufas
They are really calcium rich spring
that flow upward through the lake
bottom. This forms calcium
carbonate which is a type of
limestone. This is what formed the
tufas.
31. Manzanar guard
shach and plaques
Manzanar was one of the ten camps
where Japanese Americans were
kept during WWII. About 110,000
were kept in these camps.
32. In Transit Photos
0 Solar Power Plant
0 Doppler Radar Tower
0 Mine Tailings
0 Joshua Tree
0 Koehn dry lake
0 L.A. Aqueduct
0 Creosote Bush
34. Doppler Radar Tower
The Doppler radar towers are
designed to capture wind speed and
weather information.
35. Mine Tailings
Mine tailings are pieces of rock that
miners leave after they have taken
the gold off them. They are their
because of the gold rush of the 19th
century.
