The Mono Basin of California with Mono Lake at its centre, is a landscape of unique aesthetic appeal and scientific interest. A National Scenic Area.

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Location: Mono Lake lies in eastern California about 190 miles east of San Francisco in the lee of the Sierra
Photo credit: © GeoJuice / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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