Geography 5

Geography 5 photo journalBy Alyssa Medina

Trip 1March 9, 2013

Mormon rocks, Cinder Hills, Fossil Falls

Mormon Rocks

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Mormon Rock formation

Granular Structure

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Granular Structure of the rocks shows sandstone. Mormon rocks are composed of layers known as sada, which can help determine the weather by how much it rains.

The rocks were formed on a tilted fault, where the Pacific and North American plate meet creating the San Andreas Fault.Taken afternoon:

3/9/13

Taken afternoon: 3/9/13

Mormon Rocks

San Andres Rift Zone and Stream Bed

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The San Andreas rift zone is on a tilted fault located on the North American and pacific plate meet.


Cinder Hill

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Cinder Hill (cinder cone) also known as Red Hill is a stratoe Volcano.

Lava Flow

This lava flow was produce by Cinder hill in the Inyo-Country region once the lava was harden from the eruption 500 years ago. Creating the costal volcanic range intrusive beneath the surface.

Taken afternoon: 3/9/13 Taken afternoon:

3/9/13

Fossil Falls

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Stream Bed

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Owens Lake

By the water melting from the glaciers a d the volcanic activity form the mountain ranges.



Fossil Falls

Metate Holes

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Obsidian Flakes

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The water where it indevers hit at the same area in circulate against the Basalt to create this smooth circular holes.

The natives would use it for weapons for example arrow heads. These Obsidian flakes also known as Volcanic Glass.



Fossil Falls

House Ring

Petroglyph

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The native Americans would produce the house rings as a foundation for their homes and mark where the would settle.The petroglyphs were made by

the native Americans as we see here they drew sheep and a shaw man also known as a medicine man. A petroglyph is in the Coso region and are in danger of keeping them from being defaced.



Trip TwoApril 5,6,7 2013

Mt Whitney (visitor center), Diaz lake, Keoughs Hot Springs,

Mammoth Area, Mono lake, June lake loop, Convict lake, Eastern

California Museum, and Manzanar

Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitor Center

Mt. Whitney

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Orographic Effect

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14550 ft.

it's significance is the tallest mountain in the U.S.

This is made by the glaciation of the mountains where the valley is pushed out by the moraines making a smooth flat but hill like land.



Mt. Whitney Interagency Visitor Center

Alluvial FanInyo-White Mountains




Diaz Lake

Diaz Lake Lone Pine Fault


In 1872 the Diaz lake was created by a large earthquake between the Inyo mountains and Sierra Nevada Mountains on the fault between them and lone pine. the earthquake caused the hills to rise and drop the ground filling in with water creating the lake known as a sag pond.

In 1872 the earthquake caused the base of the Alabama hills to rise showing the fault, creating the Diaz lake and also caused 29 people that died from the earthquake and destructions to those near by cities.



Keoughs Hot Springs

Hot Stream

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The springs are hot due to them being along of the cracked fault and is warm up by the volcanic activity underground warming the rocks. Also when going down the stream the warmth of it decreases.

Taken evening: 4/5/13

Mammoth Area

Due to Bark beetles

Dead Forest Zone

The dead forest zone was created because they had to cut down the trees because of the bark beetles causing dead trees and removing the trees so they do not cause a fire. The bark Beetles are here because of the climate change.

Taken Morning: 4/6/13

Mono Lake

Mono Lake

Negit IslandPaoha island


Negit is the oldest island due to the dark color which is produce by the lava flow when it harden and also a volcano (cone shape).



Mono Lake

Former Shoreline

PresentTufa

Old shoreline

Expose Shore


The tufa's were created by the calcium carbonate. By the calcium in the fresh water bubbled up and mixed with the carbon forming the linear line of towers.

The old shore line stretched out to the border of Nevada, after WW!! Los Angeles decided to produce the Los Angeles Aqueduct from Owens Lake and Mono lake causing them to dry out Owens Lake and protested to save Mono lake brought it to the courts resulting in winning to save Mono Lake to were LA takes some of the some of the water and allowing it to be restored what the streams give back.



Panum Crater

Panum Crater

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Moraine

The glaciated valley was produced by the glaciers erode from the mountains due to gravity and melting ice developing the Bloody Mary canyon and next to it the lateral is V shape produce by water and terminal moraines are U shape made by ice when the thunderstorms hit the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Panum Crater’s formed by the magma when it erupted and the water cooling it down shaping it into a cinder cone.


June lake loop

Lateral

MorainesLateral Moraines

End Terminal

Grant Lake

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Convict

Terminal moraine

Lateral

Moraine Lateral

Moraine

Bloody Mary Canyon

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This lake is cirque in other words round; created by the glaciers that would melt down the mountain. The lateral moraines produce the V shape made by the ice of the glaciers and the Terminal Moraine is a U shape made by water of the glaciers of the Bloody Mary Canyon.


Convict Lake

Oldest Rock Formation

Terminal Moraine

Lateral Moraine

Convict Lake

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The darkest layers is the oldest rock formation. They are harden plate tectonics where it pushed back the mountains. Created on the U shape (terminal Moraine) canyon by the ice glaciers by the Ice Age.


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The cross really caught my attention since it is what is trending today is wearing the cross. Also I didn’t know that the natives were in to Christ but but their own god and interested me because it and the pendants around it were all carved by stone and shell dated back 4,000 years ago in this are of the Great Basin.


Manzanar

Guard Shacks

Name and date when they built Manzanar

Manzanar was a Japanese Concentration camp, after the the bombing of Pearl Harbor the Government decided to take action and gather the Japanese and had them build their own camp; afraid there will be domestic terrorism, propaganda: they protected the Japanese's from others trying to hurt them. Here we see just foundations of the camp, Because they reused the would for other camps for example the buildings they had at the Eastern CA museum.




Transit

Solar Power Plant Doppler Radar

Tower

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Located on high way 395 own by Kramer's Junction Company. Determines the

weather collecting the information from the Atmosphere.

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Cucamonga Alluvial Fan

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You can’t really see it but the Alluvial fan is where on the base of the San Gabriel mountains well behind they are shaped like rode but are really carved by the deposits of the mountain.


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Mining Trailing

Garlock Fault

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Off the 395 highway near Cinder hill mining for minerals in the Rand mining district.

Is the 2nd largest fault in California that boarders the Mohave Desert.

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Los Angeles Aqueduct

Owens Dry Lake

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Owens Lake was dry up due to the Los Angeles Aqueduct for LA can use water.



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Joshua tree

Creosote bush

Burroweed grass

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