Mono Creek at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_Hot_Springs" class="extiw" title="w:Mono Hot Springs">Mono Hot Springs</a>, within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_National_Forest" class="extiw" title="w:Sierra National Forest">Sierra National Forest</a> in the central <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada,_USA" title="Sierra Nevada, USA">Sierra Nevada</a>, Fresno County, California. Mono Creek is a tributary of the South Fork of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_River" class="extiw" title="w:San Joaquin River">San Joaquin River</a>. Trees are <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pinus_contorta" title="Pinus contorta">Pinus contorta</a></i> subsp. <i>murrayana</i> (Sierra lodgepole pine).
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