The Field Atlas
0/363Desert chapter · 35.62° N · 117.37° W
More than five hundred tufa spires on a dry Pleistocene lakebed. Calcium towers in a chemical desert.
The pinnacles are tufa, the same chemistry as Mono Lake. Searles was a pluvial lake. The road is washboard. At last light the towers look like a city that forgot its people.
A private leaf
Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.
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Opening the leaf…
Onward
The nearest plates, by the miles.
Death Valley68 miles · CaliforniaVII
Alabama Hills80 miles · CaliforniaCXXXV
Giant Sequoias90 miles · CaliforniaXLIII
Kelso Dunes105 miles · CaliforniaCCCXII
Kings Canyon106 miles · CaliforniaLXXIX
Red Rock Canyon114 miles · NevadaCXLI
Ancient Bristlecones130 miles · CaliforniaLXXX
Joshua Tree146 miles · CaliforniaXXXIIIDesert chapter
Other US desert plates. See all desert destinations in the USA
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