Mono Lake

Mono Lake is quite possibly the largest natural sea-monkey aquarium in existence. This wide but shallow saline soda lake formed probably 760,000 years ago and now is a living ecosystem based on the brine shrimp that exist in abundance in its waters. These little sea monkeys are food for birds and insects that live or pass by here. You can take a canoe or kayak out on the lake but activity is prohibited between April and August to protect the nesting birds.