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Mono Lake: California’s unique prehistoric lake
PERSPECTIVE
tufa towers
Photo courtesy Mono County Tourism Some of the tufa towers at Mono Lake.
Highway 120 is a magical ribbon of asphalt. Not only does it take you to the Cathedral of the Sierra — Yosemite National Park — it winds through the Yosemite High Country and peaks at the loftiest section of pavement in the Sierra at 9,600 feet before descending down the stark granite beauty of the Lee Vining Canyon.