Death Valley National Park, CA
Feb 27 - March 2, 2009

Description

The NPS Website for Death Valley is here.

My Photos

	Medium Large	The Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, where I was staying
	Medium Large	A 20 Mule Team Wagon, used to haul borax out of the Valley during the mining days
	Medium Large	Heading north towards Ubehebe volcanic crater || || \/
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	Medium Large	Panorama near the crater. The crater rim is on the right.
	Medium Large	Panorama of the crater. It was formed when rising magma encountered water, causing an explosion.
	Medium Large	The ghost town of Rhyolite || || \/
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	Medium Large	Looking south down the valley
	Medium Large	The Devil's Cornfield, near Stovepipe Wells || || \/
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	Medium Large	The Mesquite Flats sand dunes, also near Stovepipe Wells || || \/
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	Medium Large	Trailhead for Mosaic Canyon, where I did a short hike. It's named after the Mosaic Conglomerate rock that makes up much of the Canyon, but it is also notable for cutting through a layer of marble, which is pretty neat.
	Medium Large	Looking back towards Stovepipe Wells from the trailhead
	Medium Large	Shots from the hike || || \/
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	Medium Large	The Mesquite Flats dunes, again
	Medium Large	Shots from Salt Creek, a very saline spring-fed stream north of Furnace Creek that harbors a population of rare desert pupfish || || \/
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	Medium Large	Pupfish! They're quite small.
	Medium Large	The Furnace Creek Inn, much more expensive than the Ranch that I stayed in.
	Medium Large	Heading south from Furnace creek. These shots are looking towards the north. || || \/
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	Medium Large	Pretty multicolored hills || || \/
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	Medium Large	Devil's Golf Course || || \/
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	Medium Large	Badwater, the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level. There's a sign on these hills marking where sea level is. || || \/
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	Medium Large	Looking back at Badwater on the way back north to Artist's Drive
	Medium Large	Shots from along Artist's Drive || || \/
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	Medium Large	Shots from Zabriskie Point, on my way out of the park || || \/
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