Fall 2000 Field Trip - Death Valley
18-21 Octil 2000
Contents
Background
In Spring 2000, the semester field trip took us to the beaches of Southern California where we examined shoreline geomorphic and tectonic processes.
Pictures
![]() | Large size 0124 kB | Full size 0154 kB | Date: 18 Oct 2000 | While lunching at Hassayampa River Preserve, a bunch of old time cars stopped in. |
![]() | Large size 0110 kB | Full size 0144 kB | Date: 18 Oct 2000 | Burro Creek Overlook. |
![]() | Large size 0098 kB | Full size 0129 kB | Date: 18 Oct 2000 | The term "Eureka!" has been replaced by "We've got giant cracks!" |
![]() | Large size 0092 kB | Full size 0118 kB | Date: 18 Oct 2000 | Desiccation cracks on Red Lake Playa. |
![]() | Large size 0070 kB | Full size 0090 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | Joshua Tree Forest at sunrise. |
![]() | Large size 0145 kB | Full size 0174 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | The campsite. |
![]() | Large size 0125 kB | Full size 0161 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | A joshua tree. |
![]() | Large size 0101 kB | Full size 0124 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | At one point, the gambling van made a wrong turn to Las Vegas.. |
![]() | Large size 0088 kB | Full size 0111 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | Hoover Dam intakes. |
![]() | Large size 0104 kB | Full size 0132 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | Hoover Dam. |
![]() | Large size 0157 kB | Full size 0116 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | The ultimate halfpipe. |
![]() | Large size 0123 kB | Full size 0166 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | South end of the Black Mountains (I think). |
![]() | Large size 0120 kB | Full size 0155 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | Joe Plassman talks about geologic chaos in Death Valley. |
![]() | Large size 0148 kB | Full size 0191 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | Badwater, the lowest place in the US. |
![]() | Large size 0164 kB | Full size 0220 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | The sign halfway up the cliff is at sea level. |
![]() | Large size 0086 kB | Full size 0111 kB | Date: 19 Oct 2000 | Proof that I was 85-m below sea level . |
![]() | Large size 0067 kB | Full size 0089 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Dave and Fred wake up and dance. |
![]() | Large size 0126 kB | Full size 0173 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Ubehebe Crater, a maar volcano. |
![]() | Large size 0137 kB | Full size 0176 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Folks listen to Ross talk about Ubehebe Crater. |
![]() | Large size 0100 kB | Full size 0136 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Walking over Racetrack Playa. |
![]() | Large size 0047 kB | Full size 5356 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Ant's eye view of Racetrack Playa, which would appear flat if the photographer had leveled the camera. |
![]() | Large size 0185 kB | Full size 0242 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | One of the migrating rocks of Racetrack Playa. |
![]() | Large size 0104 kB | Full size 0131 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Abby Sheffer (then Wasserman) talks about the moving rocks. |
![]() | Large size 0153 kB | Full size 0206 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Paul Withers talks about the history of Death Valley. |
![]() | Large size 0133 kB | Full size 0186 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Jen Grier talks about the ventrifacts of Death Valley in her last official LPL field trip talk. |
![]() | Large size 0123 kB | Full size 0162 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | People on Ventrifact Hill. |
![]() | Large size 0163 kB | Full size 0120 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | A view from the top of Ventifact Hill to the trucks. |
![]() | Large size 0204 kB | Full size 0242 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Vessicated basalt showing fluting due to eolian abrasion on its top. |
![]() | Large size 0213 kB | Full size 0249 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | These ventrifacts were once a single rock that has been eroded by particles entrained in the wind. |
![]() | Large size 0168 kB | Full size 0204 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Cracks in evaporites. |
![]() | Large size 0180 kB | Full size 0215 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | The Devil's Golf Course. |
![]() | Large size 0094 kB | Full size 0112 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | The Devil's Golf Course. |
![]() | Large size 0057 kB | Full size 0077 kB | Date: 20 Oct 2000 | Hanging out in Badwater, the lowest place on the North American continent, after Ross had locked his keys in the truck. |
![]() | Large size 0105 kB | Full size 0139 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | The Kelso Dunes.... |
![]() | Large size 0115 kB | Full size 0159 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Ingrid Daubar talks about the booming dunes. |
![]() | Large size 0083 kB | Full size 0122 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Matt Chamberlain poses. |
![]() | Large size 0082 kB | Full size 0110 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Jani Radebaugh cartwheels in the sand. |
![]() | Large size 0079 kB | Full size 0108 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Jim Richardson hops off the crest of the dune. |
![]() | Large size 0082 kB | Full size 0111 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Andreas tries to make the booming dunes boom. |
![]() | Large size 0089 kB | Full size 0117 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Jani tries a backflip. |
![]() | Large size 0082 kB | Full size 0110 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Joe Plassman soars in midair. |
![]() | Large size 0127 kB | Full size 0167 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | The view from on top of Amboy Crater. |
![]() | Large size 0167 kB | Full size 0210 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Joe Spitale climbs Amboy Crater. |
![]() | Large size 0117 kB | Full size 0151 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | On top of Amboy crater. |
![]() | Large size 0092 kB | Full size 0123 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Dave O'Brien finds God. |
![]() | Large size 0128 kB | Full size 0181 kB | Date: 21 Oct 2000 | Andy Rivkin talks about desert pavement and desert varnish. It's also Andy's last official LPL field trip talk. |
Links
Other People's Pictures
Links Which are Vaguely Relevant to the Field Trip
Author: Peter Lanagan (planagan@lpl.arizona.edu)
Last updated: 29 Oct 2003