July 3, 2012 I found this flower blooming along the shore of Mono Lake.
July 3, 2012 This little lupine is endemic to the pumice plain areas near Mono Lake. That "soil" looks so poor, it is a wonder that anything can grow in it.
The area near Mono Lake is very high in pumice, a very light volcanic rock. The rock formations in the background are extinct volcano cones. The pumice in the foreground spewed from the volcanoes around 700 years ago.
