Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Fall colors are beautiful and brilliant in the Mono Basin

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Despite a windstorm last week that stripped some aspen leaves from the trees in the Mono Basin, the color just keeps getting better and better. Groves in the Mono Basin still have lots of green leaves mixed in with yellow and a bit of orange, so there’s plenty of fall color yet to come in the next few weeks.

Looking west across Parker Lake, September 24, 2014. Photo courtesy of Mary Ljung.

Today along the June Lake Loop, brilliant yellow trees really stood out against the mostly green leaves that have yet to turn. The loop area will be just spectacular in a week to two weeks.

Cool air, warm sun, and this stunning view made for a great day at Silver Lake beach today. Photo by Elin Ljung.

The California fall color website has issued a “go now!” alert for Lundy Canyon and Saddlebag Lake. Judging from this photo that Mono County’s Alicia Vennos took last weekend in Lundy Canyon, it looks like the place to be for sure!

Lundy Canyon last weekend during the first cold storm of the season, which helped to kick the fall colors into gear. Photo courtesy of Alicia Vennos.

Check back here on the Mono-logue for periodic updates on fall color in the Mono Basin, and check out the California fall color website for updates from all over the state, including the Bishop area.

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