Is This Lake Real?

The drive along Tioga Pass Road is an impressive one with plenty of dramatic scenery around you.  As you get to Olmsted Point, your initial view is towards Yosemite Valley.  However, if you turn around, you are looking towards Tenaya Lake.  This was the next stop on my journey.  Looking at the lake from Olmsted Point, it was hard to believe it was real.  You are very high along this pass, often above 9,000′, and the sky is a darker blue at that height.  Also, the water is clearer since it is either straight from the sky or from snow melt.  Consequently, the blues are intense.

The lake looks like something that someone would create as a made up lake.  It is very striking.  It isn’t alone either.  As you drive further towards the descent to Mono Lake, there are a number of lakes that have been created with dams and they all are pretty impressive.  I don’t know how they look on an overcast day but in the sun they look great.

 

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