Mono Lake and Manzanar, Cal

all shot with a Sony RX100v5. decided to travel light on this trip.

Interesting shots. I know I could just google but I'll as you instead: what is or was this place?

Mono Lake is a high salinity lake (4x that of the ocean) that sports natural structures that grow from below made from calcium carbonate rich springs. they are called Tufa (it is related to the Great Salt Lake in Utah

Manzanar is a location out of one of Americas darker moments. a "relocation" camp for Japanese American residents and citizens during WWII after Pearl Harbor. there were 10 that I am aware of in various locations in the US. the Japanese Americans asked why they were "quarantined" here. the answer was to protect them. they then asked why the guards had their weapons pointed into the camp rather than outward.

no Japanese resident in the US was ever found to be an agent for Japan. they did perform outstandingly in the US military (the 442nd infantry regiment) in the European theater in WW2.

Steve,

At first I thought this was posted ages ago and I missed it! Well its all new and I wasn't sleeping on the job!

I like that you start as in a movie with a wide outside shot and then bring us into an intimate space inside the cabin!

Asher

no, not really as I just put it up

This picture is an eye catcher.




Is there remnants of a forgotten dock ion the right?


What is the nature of the place? Vacation spot, one has to hike to get there or what?


Asher

as to a dock there I have not seen one there at all. man made things don't last that long here. Mono Lake is a well known photographic spot in our National Park system. a lot of people like to add a lot of effects to improve on the natural beauty of this area. my opinion is they really can't

Well Steve, I am being educated.

That limestone is so interesting. One can tell such a lot about geological time from the chemistry and presence of different isotopes.

Great that there was a lawsuit to keep enough fresh water flowing in or even the bribe shrimp and alkaline flies would die!

Did you manage to catch any of the migrating birds and shore waders I read about?

I hope there are not stores where one buys souvenir chunks of the beautiful natural limestone structures!

I am so glad you introduced me too this. There is such a lot of national parkland treasures in the USA. I have only seen the painted desert in Arizona many decades ago!

....and yes I purchased a slice of fossilized redwood tree, some 10 million years old! Puts me in my place whenever I look at it and get reminded how unimportant I am in the grand scheme of things!

I hope the proceeds went towards park maintenance!

Thanks again for the into. I look forward to seeing more of your pictures.

Is that cabin a facility that is available for rent or that your family owns?

Asher

I'm curious about the interior shot too. Is it currently occupied or is it a little museum showing how the Japanese occupants lived?

Manzanar, itself, is a National Park Service site. the scene you see is a recreation of the exact way our neighbors lived and endured while under the "protection" of the US government during the camps operational existence. there is plenty of reference material available. if you ever happen to visit any of the camps around the country that are open and/or have interpretation centers you will get a fairly sobering education on what really occurred during this period.



Manzanar (NPS)- https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm
Heart Mountain- http://heartmountain.org/
Rohwer- http://rohwer.astate.edu/
Jerome- http://www.arkansaspreservation.com...gs/jerome-japanese-american-relocation-center
http://www.javadc.org/jerome_relocation_center.htm
Amache- http://amache.org/
Minidoka (NPS)- https://www.nps.gov/miin/index.htm
Topaz- http://www.topazmuseum.org/
Poston- http://www.janm.org/projects/clasc/poston.htm
Gila- http://www.janm.org/projects/clasc/gila.htm
Tule Lake (NPS)- https://www.nps.gov/tule/index.htm

Excellent series and a very moving story...

Stunning!

I had no idea these were the barracks! A terrible part of history!

Asher

these were business and land owners too prior to the war. they lost everything as they were each handed $25 and a ticket to where ever upon the rather quick closures of these camps in 1945. no compensation was paid for their losses which essentially were catastrophic at the time. in 1988 an event occurred but was in my opinion too little too late: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988

Steven Sinski said:

these were business and land owners too prior to the war. they lost everything as they were each handed $25 and a ticket to where ever upon the rather quick closures of these camps in 1945. no compensation was paid for their losses which essentially were catastrophic at the time. in 1988 an event occurred but was in my opinion too little too late: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988

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Steve,

To put things in international perspective as to race laws and attitudes current at the time, Hitler’s race laws were in large part guided by Southern States laws against negroes. Furthermore, Henry Ford, (yes of the Ford Motor Compant), completely financed Hitler’s study at the Wagner Estate, (and so socializing and strategically bonding with German elite as their future ally and political “ace in the hole”), and paid for the publishing of Mein Kampf in 1925. For decades to come, Hitler was integrated into the Wagner family in Bayreuth, in the State of Bavaria. The Wagner Festivals were a celebration for all the SS Inner Circle and German aristocracy and industrial leaders. This was a group who simply loved opera! Seems so cultured. Along with devotion to the Briliant Wagner’s Music, Hitler’s racist attitudes were welcome to many admirers in the USA!

So, come to 1945, the internment and disgusting treatment of Native loyal Citizens of Japanese descent was no great departure from normal attitude to “non-white” ethnic groups. At that time, even the Irish Catholics were looked on a scum migrants!

Essentially, “We the People” was assumed to mean, White Anglo Saxon Protestants and other whites who didn’t stir up the anger of those excluded!

I knew of the detention of those of Japanese heritage, but your report here, Steve, is my first intimate tiny glimpse of the cruelty and as you say, ruination of the lives of previously productive and happy citizens!

Thanks for sharing,

Asher

And as they say history repeats its self. Just check your favorite news station.

Oh yes. very much so.

Such a beautiful shot. Loved it.