Death Valley, April 2, 2006: Day 5

We ended Day 5 and the field trip at Amboy crater, an extinct cinder cone volcano.

Amboy crater
Sunrise
Our campsite among the volcanic rocks
Maria gives her talk about the crater
Hiking up the loose rocks of the slope
Diana triumphantly scampers up the volcano
At the top
Maria on Amboy Crater
Maria on Amboy, take two
Dave vs. the volcano
Maria vs. the volcano
More salt
Maria points out Amboy Crater on the horizon
Yuan finds a salt-encrusted artifact