Saturday, March 15, 2014

Death Valley Proper

Some pics from Death Valley proper - in quick succession: Badwater Basin, Artists Point, Zabriskie Point and the sand dunes at Mesquite Flats.

Badwater Basin. 282 feet or 85.5 meters under sea level.
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You're walking out there on a thin layer of actual salt.
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The weirdly multicolored rock at Artists Point.
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The very lovely rock formations at Zabriskie Point.
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Finally some pics from Mesquite Flats. The sun was going down, so we took five minutes in the parking lot before speeding on home to Ridgecrest. On the way there we stopped by the roadside and opened the sunroof and just stared up at the desert night sky. It's like nothing else.
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