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THIS WEEKEND! HAPPENING NOW! LIVE COVERAGE BELOW! (long download, please bear with us since this is a live uplink from Mono Lake)

Now through Monday, August 13th 2001: Mono Lake and the Eastern Sierra

Contact coordinator Ken Rockwell (858) 453-2099 and leave a message to catch us on the fly, or try leaving a message for Ken at Murphy's Hotel in Lee Vining at (760) 647-6316 room 42. You may come and go as you see fit. We create our agenda each day based on the lighting and weather. Here is a list of hotels in Lee Vining where you may want to stay. Feel free to camp or hotel. The weather this weekend is quite clear so far, with fantastic storm clouds forming in the afternoons.

Lee Vining and Mono Lake is just north of Mammoth, about a 7 hour drive from San Diego. Take I-15 North to Rt. 395 North. Murphy's will be on your left in the small town of Lee Vining.

More Mono Lake information is here.

LIVE UPDATES AS THE TRIP PROGRESSES:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11th 2001: SUNRISE at PICNIC GROUNDS ROAD

6:12AM

6:14AM

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11th 2001: EVENING AT SOUTH TUFA

6:18PM

6:53PM

6:54PM

7:05PM

7:18PM

7:43PM

8:03PM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12th 2001: SUNRISE at PICNIC GROUNDS ROAD

6:06AM

SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING:
Huge wildfire started by campfire or volcanic action mandates evacuation of South Tufa and Navy Beach.

8:16PM, Photo from County Park

MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13th 2001

6:06AM, the quiet before sunrise

6:17AM, a brilliant sunrise due to the volcanic ash spewed by the eruption of the Mono Craters yesterday

Film from a prior trip:

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