Dawn at South Tufa, Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, California
Tufa towers are formed when calcium-rich freshwater springs bubble up into the carbonate-saturated alkaline lake water. This calcium-carbonate comingling results in limestone formations—the magniﬁcent tufa spires.
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