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Summer brings quiet paddling, kayaking, and beach camping among tufa towers.
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Ted Alvarez, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
Carved from porous tufa stone once covered by the sea, the four wine cathedrals are considered an engineering marvel.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
As the saline lake retreated, rock formations called tufa, which had formed underwater, were left exposed along the shorelines.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
But at Trocadero Soda Springs, an unusual effervescence comes from the water filtering through a crust of tufa made from hard deposits of silica or calcium carbonate.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
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Ted Alvarez, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
Carved from porous tufa stone once covered by the sea, the four wine cathedrals are considered an engineering marvel.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
As the saline lake retreated, rock formations called tufa, which had formed underwater, were left exposed along the shorelines.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024
But at Trocadero Soda Springs, an unusual effervescence comes from the water filtering through a crust of tufa made from hard deposits of silica or calcium carbonate.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Tufa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tufa. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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