The Sierra Nevada rises along a series of normal and strike-slip faults. Here, the range rises abruptly behind Mono Lake, an alkaline lake with no natural outlet. The concentric rings around the lake are ancient shorelines, called strandlines, from higher stands of the lake.
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Aerial view of Mono Lake and the Sierra Nevada at the western edge of the Basin and Range.
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