The document is a digital photo journal created by Rolie Mendoza from March 8 to April 6, 2014. It contains photos and descriptions from various locations in California, including Mormon Rocks, Cinder Hill, Fossil Falls, Mt. Whitney Visitors Center, Diaz Lake, Manzanar, Mammoth Area, Mono Lake, Keoughs Hot Springs, Convict Lake, June Lake Loop, and the Eastern California Museum. The photos document geological features such as volcanic formations, faults, lakes, and streams, as well as historical sites related to Native Americans and Japanese internment camps.

1. GEOGRAPHY 5
DIGITAL PHOTO JOURNAL
PROJECT
DATE STUDENT
MARCH 8, APRIL 4-6 2014 ROLIE MENDOZA
Mormon Rocks, Cinder Hill, Fossil Falls, Mt. Whitney Interagency
Visitors Center, Diaz Lake, Manzanar, Mammoth Area and Rest Stop,
Mono Lake, Keoughs Hot Springs, Convict Lake, June Lake Loop,
East California Museum, Erratic Boulder, Crowley Lake

2. The granular structure (left) of
Mormon Rocks sandstone
Mormon rocks (up top) were formed by powerful
earthquakes from San Andreas Fault.
DATE 3/8/14 10:16 amMORMON ROCKS

3. Stream Bed on San Andreas Rift Zone, separates the
Pacific Plate and North American Plate
DATE 3/8/14 10:26 amMORMON ROCKS

4. Lava Flows made of Basalt formed by rapid cooling of
Basaltic lava on surface of planet.
DATE 3/8/14 2:18 pmCINDER HILL
Cinder Hill (up top) is a cinder cone
volcano.

5. Metate Holes were formed by rocks that were
revolving circular from the running stream
DATE 3/8/14 3:11 pmFOSSIL FALLS
Fossil Falls formed by basaltic lava flows
that were smoothed out by water streams
from glaciers.

6. Stream bed is named Owen’s Stream
Bed, water from Owen’s Lake.
DATE 3/8/14 3:16 pmFOSSIL FALLS
Obsidian flakes were put there by Native Americans
to be near their homes used for arrowheads.

7. Petroglyph, rock engravings, were made by Native
Americans
DATE 3/8/14 3:35 pmFOSSIL FALLS
House Rings (encircled) were used as a structural
foundation for the Native Americans’ homes

8. Lone Pine Fault (left) had major
earthquake in 1872 that destroyed
about 50 houses and killed 27
people in nearby city of Lone Pine
DATE 4/4/14 12:24 pmDIAZ LAKE
Diaz Lake was formed from Lone Pine
earthquake of 1872, when Owens Lake
lowered and opened up a new stream.

9. DATE 4/4/14 1:00 pmMT. WHITNEY INTERAGENCY VISITORS CENTER
Mt. Whitney, elevation 14,505 feet
(4,421 m) is largest mountain in
contiguous United States

10. Alluvial Fan
DATE 4/4/14 12:41 pmMT. WHITNEY INTERAGENCY VISITORS CENTER
Orographic effect when mass of air is
moved upward, causing precipitation in
form of rain or snow
Inyo-White Mountains
ZOOMED IN

11. Keoughs Hot Springs were
created by earthquakes and
heated by heat from underground
volcanic activity.
DATE 4/4/14 4:13 pmKEOUGHS HOT SPRINGS

12. Crowley Lake is a water supply for Los Angeles. The exposed shoreline was caused by
California drought.
DATE 4/5/14 9:08 amCROWLEY LAKE

13. DATE 4/5/14 9:34 amMAMMOTH REST STOP
Trees Cut down due to bark
beetle infestation

14. Tufa formations are mineral formations
that originally were underwater that are
now exposed when water levels lowered
DATE 4/5/14 11:12 amMONO LAKE
Former Shorelines of Mono Lake listed
above
`6417 feet (pre- diversion)
`6392 feet (management level)
`6372 feet (historic low) `6378 feet (current)

15. DATE 4/5/14 11:41 amMONO LAKE
Mono Lake and islands, Paoha and Negit Islands
Paoha Island
Negit Island

16. DATE 4/5/14 2:26 pmJUNE LAKE LOOP
Grant Lake above with moraines on each side

17. DATE 4/5/14 2:36 pmJUNE LAKE LOOP
Silver Lake
Waterfall (now frozen)

18. DATE 4/5/14 2:56 pmERRATIC BOULDER
Erratic Boulder displaying power of
glaciers that picked up a different rock
and transported it to another location
when glacier melted.

19. Convict Lake is a lake created by the
Glaciers.
DATE 4/5/14 3:37 pmCONVICT LAKE
The Sevehah Cliff is one of the oldest
rock formations in the Sierra, dating
back about 500 million years.

20. Record Player from Manzanar War
Relocation Center
Made by
Mr. Kay Kinoshita ECM 94.80.159
This record player is part of the Shiro
Nomura collection. Shiro, born in 1919 was
one of the Japanese Americans sent to the
Manzanar internment camps during World
War II.
DATE 4/6/14 9:11 amEASTERN CALIFORNIA MUSEUM
Pictures taken by Taylor George-Forte.

21. DATE 4/6/14 10:17 amMANZANAR
This is a picture of the south side of First
Street in the Manzanar Internment Camp.
Buildings on this side included, Town Hall,
Post Office, and War Relocation Authority
offices.

22. DATE 4/6/14 10:22 amMANZANAR
Manzanar guard shack .
Manzanar was one of
multiple internment camp
used to evacuate
Japanese Americans, out
of fear, after the Pearl
Harbor attack.
Plaque where Japanese
Americans also built the camps.
Engraved carvings into concrete,
above from June 10, 1942

23. California Aqueduct
IN TRANSIT
Joshua Tree
Creosote Bush
Burroweed Grass
DATE 4/4/14 9:47 am
DATE 3/8/14 11:12 am

24. GARLOCK FAULT DATE 3/8/14 1:36 pm
IN TRANSIT
Mine Tailings near Red Mountain DATE 4/4/14 10:48 am

25. IN TRANSIT
Owens Dry Lake is dry because city of
Los Angeles drained it around mid
twenties
DATE 4/4/14 12:03 pm
Doppler Radar TowerDATE 4/4/14 10:28 am

26. IN TRANSIT
SEGS 3-7 Kramer Junction Solar Electric Generating System
DATE 4/6/14 1:24 pm
The Big Pine Locals say this presentation Needs more cowbell!
They also prefer the name “Lake Russell” instead of “Mono Lake”.
DATE 4/5/14 9:12 pm
THIS IS
THE END