Mammoth Mountain from Minaret Summit view area. This is an active volcano (steam continues from fumaroles) along the eastern rim of the Long Valley Caldera. Because of a gap in the Sierra Nevada chain, it catches a large amount of snow and is a popular ski resort.
The Minarets (three peaks) from Minaret Summit view area. These are metamorphosed volcanic rocks that formed along the western edge of a caldera in Cretaceous time, similar in size to the Long Valley Caldera.
McLeod Lake, westernmost of the alpine Mammoth Lakes south of Mammoth Mountain.
Convict Lake, set in a cirque (glacier-carved amphitheatre) along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada.
Convict Lake, set in a cirque (glacier-carved amphitheatre) along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada.
Telephoto shot of area near the center of the Convict Lake panorama. Steeply dipping Devonian and older deep water sedimentary rocks, including the white Mount Morrison Sandstone and the red Squares Tunnel Formation.
Ridge of glacier-transported material (lateral moraine) left by the glacier that carved the space for Convict Lake.
View southwest from US 395 past a young rhyolite dome to Red and White Mountain, underlain by Paleozoic-age deep water sedimentary rocks.