Death Valley Field Trip

March 29 - April 2, 2006

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	Medium Large	Small polygonal cracks
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	Medium Large	LPL field trip? Or advertisement for Ford Excursions?
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	Medium Large	One crack in another
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	Medium Large	Joshua trees in NW Arizona
	Medium Large	What a beautiful campsite!
	Medium Large	Hoover Dam? I just met her!
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	Medium Large	Yes, Veronica, this is a god dam
	Medium Large	The Hoover Dam spillway
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	Medium Large	Jurassic sandstone at our lunch site
	Medium Large	Jason discusses the now dried up Lake Manly
	Medium Large	Ancient shorelines are visible on this slope
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	Medium Large	As I walked through the valley of the shadow of Death...
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	Medium Large	It's white, but it isn't snow!
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	Medium Large	Good thing there isn't any water here..
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	Medium Large	Death Valley has some pretty mountains...
	Medium Large	...and sand dunes.
	Medium Large	Eric uses caution at the edge of Ubehebe crater
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	Medium Large	A close-up of a spongy plant near Little Hebe
	Medium Large	The Ubehebe jeebies
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	Medium Large	Teakettle Junction
	Medium Large	A long-distance view of Racetrack Playa
	Medium Large	A close-up view of Racetrack Playa
	Medium Large	Look at that rock go!
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	Medium Large	Jani reminisces about her Antarctica days
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	Medium Large	We sacrifice tire #1 to Death Valley
	Medium Large	The SS Overstuffed mourns the loss of their tire
	Medium Large	David demonstrates his mad hopscotch skillz
	Medium Large	Our beautiful Death Valley campsite (missing from photo - a shower! and flush toilets!)
	Medium Large	Salt Creek in Death Valley...
	Medium Large	...is home to a species of desert pupfish
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	Medium Large	Life in Death Valley
	Medium Large	Hangin' in Devil's Golf Course
	Medium Large	Fore!
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	Medium Large	Visiting the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
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	Medium Large	Diana and Crusty the Salt Man
	Medium Large	282 feet below sea level - note the elevation marking in the upper left
	Medium Large	A close-up of the sea level sign
	Medium Large	A landslide brought it down
	Medium Large	Ralph asks Robin a question from the prone position
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	Medium Large	The world's largest thermometer in Baker, CA
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	Medium Large	Amboy Crater
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	Medium Large	Hiking up the side of Amboy Crater (Note: Slopes in photo may be steeper than they appear)
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	Medium Large	Yuan demonstrates the effect of salt weathering on a Budweiser can
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	Medium Large	One Turtle saves another