Different Geology

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After seeing quite some impressive formations built by sandstone, which was created by deserts, beaches, mud etc, I today saw massive mountains created in a total different way. The big formations, such as the half-dome, at “Yosemite National Park”, which stand out very impressive and may go up as much as 1.1 km from the valley floor, where built as magma cooled down. No apart from that quite relevant difference, there are also some remarkable similarities between the formations created in Yosemite and for example Read More +

Another World – Mono Lake

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Just a bit outside of the “Yosemite National Park” lies the Mono Lake. This is quite a bit a special place. As the lake only features incoming, but no outgoing water streams – the water evaporates about at the same rate as new water drips in – the lake is accumulating minerals. So in fact, the Mono Lake is an inland salt lake, which has a concentration of approximately 2.5 times the salt concentration as found in the oceans. This environment is not very well Read More +

Area 51

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Today a big move towards the west coast – and a bit north – was on the schedule. I continued, what I started a day before and tried to get a quite a bit closer to San Francisco. Of course the way is the goal, so I have chosen a route, where I will pass another nice place, the Yosemite National Park. On the way, a bit outside of Las Vegas – “a bit” in american terms, I passed “Area 51”, the famous, non exiting, Read More +