Over the summit, I saw the so-called Mono desert lying dreamily silent in the thick, purple light -- a desert of heavy sun-glare beheld from a desert of ice-burnished granite.
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- Author's profession: Ecologist
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 21, 1838
- Died: December 24, 1914
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