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  • Guanacos frequently die like this when caught by the hind legs in mid leap over a wire fence. The guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Its name comes from the Quechua word huanaco (modern spelling wanaku). Near Perito Moreno, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.
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  • A wigged cow skull says "zona peligro" (danger zone) in Huanacpatay Valley, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru, South America. Day 6 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash.
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  • An ancient mummy seems to cringe in sorrow or intense feeling at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia y Arqueologia (National Anthropology and Archeology Museum), Lima, Peru, South America. Its attitude of hands clutching head resembles Edvard Munch's "The Scream," one of the most recognizable images in art history. UNESCO honored the Historic Centre of Lima on the World Heritage List in 1988 and 1991.
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  • A lava lizard rests on the toothy grinning head of a dead Galápagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) carcass drying on Punta (Point) Espinoza on Fernandina (Narborough) Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, South America. Collectively known as lava lizards, seven ground lizard species of the reptile genus Tropidurus are endemic to the Galápagos Islands (and commonly placed in the genus Microlophus). All seven most likely evolved from a single ancestral species, demonstrating the principal of adaptive radiation that is typical of the inhabitants of the Galapagos archipelago. One lava lizard species occurs on all the central and western islands, which were perhaps connected during periods of lower sea levels, while one species each occurs on six other more peripheral islands. Males and females of all Tropidurus species are marked differently. The male is usually much larger than the female, and its body is more brightly colored and distinctly patterned. Markings vary considerably, even within an individual species. Animals living mainly on dark lava are darker than ones which live in lighter, sandy environments. Like many lizards, they show changes of color with mood and temperature. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Borax Smith's 1885 buckboard (four-wheeled wagon) was used on trips from Mojave to Death Valley via Wingate Pass. See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • 20 Mule Team Wagon Train (1885) used in hauling 24 tons of borax from Death Valley to Mojave, 165 miles in 10 days. See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Bucket on winch at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Nonnative burro in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. Invasive burros (Equua asinus) are often called donkeys and can be found throughout the backcountry in Death Valley. They are an introduced species that originally descended from the African wild ass and are NOT native to North America. Invasive burro populations can grow at 20% per year, causing damage to limited native vegetation and spring ecosystems, thereby hurting native wildlife such as bighorn sheep and desert tortoise.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
    1804SW-2830.jpg
  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
    1804SW-2822.jpg
  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
    1804SW-2816.jpg
  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Remodelled local farm wagon. See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
    1804SW-2812.jpg
  • The 1894 "Old Dinah" steam tractor and ore wagons replaced the 20 mule teams at Old Borate (but were in turn replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad). See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
    1804SW-2807.jpg
  • The 1894 "Old Dinah" steam tractor and ore wagons replaced the 20 mule teams at Old Borate (but were in turn replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad). See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
    1804SW-2803.jpg
  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Gower Gulch exits into Death Valley. Hike scenic Golden Canyon Trail to Red Cathedral then loop back via Gower Gulch (6 miles with 800 ft gain) in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Cresting the Panamint Range, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises to the highest point in Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, USA). Photographed from Zabriskie Point at sunrise, 2018 April 20. Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater Basin at −282 feet, in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of neighboring Panamint Valley in about 8 miles.
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  • Cresting the Panamint Range, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises to the highest point in Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, USA). Photographed from Zabriskie Point at sunrise, 2018 April 20. Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater Basin at −282 feet, in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of neighboring Panamint Valley in about 8 miles.
    1804SW-2485.jpg
  • Cresting the Panamint Range, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises to the highest point in Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, USA). Photographed from Zabriskie Point at sunrise, 2018 April 20. Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater Basin at −282 feet, in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of neighboring Panamint Valley in about 8 miles.
    1804SW-2463.jpg
  • Cresting the Panamint Range, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises to the highest point in Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, USA). Photographed from Zabriskie Point at sunrise, 2018 April 20. Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater Basin at −282 feet, in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of neighboring Panamint Valley in about 8 miles.
    1804SW-2461.jpg
  • Cresting the Panamint Range, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises to the highest point in Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, USA). Photographed from Zabriskie Point at sunrise, 2018 April 20. Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater Basin at −282 feet, in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of neighboring Panamint Valley in about 8 miles.
    1804SW-2415.jpg
  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
    1804SW-2808.jpg
  • Cresting the Panamint Range, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises to the highest point in Death Valley National Park (Inyo County, California, USA). Photographed from Zabriskie Point at sunrise, 2018 April 20. Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater Basin at −282 feet, in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of neighboring Panamint Valley in about 8 miles.
    1804SW-2453.jpg
  • Colorful mountains reveal complex geologic forces above Artists Drive, in Death Valley NP, California, USA. Orange rock patterns in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. More than 5 million years ago, multiple volcanic eruptions deposited ash and minerals which chemically altered into a colorful paint pot of elements (iron, aluminum, magnesium and titanium).
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  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2926.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2917.jpg
  • Golden Canyon Trail under Red Cathedral, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • A desert rock nettle (Eucnide urens or desert stingbush) shrub blooms with creamy yellow flowers in Fall Canyon, a wilderness area in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • A juvenile chuckwalla (or chuckawalla): Sauromalus ater is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Rock patterns in Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Rock patterns in Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Dragon rock pattern. Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Striped blue and orange rock pattern. Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Striped blue and orange rock pattern. Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Rock pattern. Fall Canyon Narrows. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • A desert rock nettle (Eucnide urens or desert stingbush) shrub blooms with creamy yellow flowers in Fall Canyon, a wilderness area in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW-3085.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3037.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3042.jpg
  • Footprint in Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3026.jpg
  • Sand dune pattern. Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3022.jpg
  • Sand dune pattern. Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3024.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2970.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2968.jpg
  • Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor of Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2935.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2923.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW2-190.jpg
  • Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor of Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW2-180.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2893.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW2-175.jpg
  • Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) with lamb, beside Emigrant Canyon Road, Death Valley National Park, California, USA. Desert bighorn sheep are native to the deserts of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.
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  • Gower Gulch. Hike scenic Golden Canyon Trail to Red Cathedral then loop back via Gower Gulch (6 miles with 800 ft gain) in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW-2789.jpg
  • Hike Golden Canyon to see colorful geologic patterns in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Hike Golden Canyon to see colorful geologic patterns in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Telescope Peak seen from Golden Canyon Trail in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Hike Golden Canyon to see colorful geologic patterns in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW-2741.jpg
  • Red Cathedral. Hike scenic Golden Canyon Trail to Red Cathedral then loop back via Gower Gulch (6 miles with 800 ft gain), in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1804SW-2725-25-Pano.jpg
  • Red Cathedral. Hike scenic Golden Canyon Trail to Red Cathedral then loop back via Gower Gulch (6 miles with 800 ft gain), in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. Cresting the Panamint Range, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises to the highest point in the Park. Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States.
    1804SW-2701.jpg
  • Red Cathedral. Hike scenic Golden Canyon Trail to Red Cathedral then loop back via Gower Gulch (6 miles with 800 ft gain), in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW-2696.jpg
  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1804SW-2555-57-Pano.jpg
  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1804SW-2537-43-Pano.jpg
  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Sunrise seen from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1804SW-2417-21-Pano.jpg
  • Artist's Palette geologic formation on Artists Drive, Death Valley National Park, California, USA. More than 5 million years ago, multiple volcanic eruptions deposited ash and minerals across the landscape, which chemically altered over time into a colorful paint pot of elements: iron, aluminum, magnesium, and titanium. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1804SW-2287-2300-Pano.jpg
  • Mountain views of Death Valley National Park from Furnace Creek Campground, California, USA.
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  • Artist's Palette geologic formation on Artists Drive, Death Valley National Park, California, USA. More than 5 million years ago, multiple volcanic eruptions deposited ash and minerals across the landscape, which chemically altered over time into a colorful paint pot of elements: iron, aluminum, magnesium, and titanium.
    1804SW-2306.jpg
  • Artist's Palette geologic formation on Artists Drive, Death Valley National Park, California, USA. More than 5 million years ago, multiple volcanic eruptions deposited ash and minerals across the landscape, which chemically altered over time into a colorful paint pot of elements: iron, aluminum, magnesium, and titanium.
    1804SW-2277.jpg
  • Colorful mountains reveal complex geologic forces above Artists Drive, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • From Artists Drive, look south across the harsh desert landscape to Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America (282 feet below sea level), which is surrounded by high mountain ranges. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1804SW-2260-62-Pano.jpg
  • Colorful mountains reveal complex geologic forces above Artists Drive, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW-2231.jpg
  • In Death Valley National Park, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises high above Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America (282 feet below sea level). Inyo County, California, USA. Millions of visitors have compacted a wide white salt walkway across the brown-dirt-dusted crystal formations. Through concentration by evaporation, Badwater Basin accumulates mostly Sodium Chloride (table salt), plus calcite, gypsum, and borax (famously mined 1883-1889 with Twenty Mule Teams). Cresting the Panamint Range, Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above Badwater Basin in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of Panamint Valley in about 8 miles, to the west.
    1804SW-2209.jpg
  • In Death Valley National Park, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises high above Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America (282 feet below sea level). Inyo County, California, USA. Cresting the Panamint Range, Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above Badwater Basin in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of Panamint Valley in about 8 miles, to the west.
    1804SW-2206.jpg
  • Millions of visitors have compacted a wide white salt walkway across the brown-dirt-dusted crystal formations in Badwater Basin, which is the lowest point in North America (282 feet below sea level). Death Valley National Park, California, USA. Through concentration by evaporation, Badwater Basin accumulates mostly Sodium Chloride (table salt), plus minerals such as calcite, gypsum and borax (famously mined 1883-1889 with Twenty Mule Teams).
    1804SW-2201.jpg
  • In Death Valley National Park, snow-dusted Telescope Peak (11,043 ft) rises high above Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America (282 feet below sea level). Inyo County, California, USA. Millions of visitors have compacted a wide white salt walkway across the brown-dirt-dusted crystal formations. Through concentration by evaporation, Badwater Basin accumulates mostly Sodium Chloride (table salt), plus calcite, gypsum, and borax (famously mined 1883-1889 with Twenty Mule Teams). Cresting the Panamint Range, Telescope Peak has one of the greatest vertical rises above local terrain of any mountain in the contiguous United States. Its summit rises 11,325 feet above Badwater Basin in about 15 miles, and about 10,000 feet above the floor of Panamint Valley in about 8 miles, to the west.
    1804SW-2203.jpg
  • Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America: 282 feet below sea level. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. Through concentration by evaporation, Badwater Basin accumulates mostly Sodium Chloride (table salt), plus calcite, gypsum, and borax (famously mined 1883-1889 with Twenty Mule Teams).
    1804SW-2196.jpg
  • Orange rock patterns in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. More than 5 million years ago, multiple volcanic eruptions deposited ash and minerals which chemically altered into a colorful paint pot of elements (iron, aluminum, magnesium and titanium).
    1804SW-2185.jpg
  • Badwater Road, H178 entrance to Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Badwater Road H178 entrance sign for Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • A desert rock nettle (Eucnide urens or desert stingbush) shrub blooms with creamy yellow flowers in Fall Canyon, a wilderness area in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • A dry waterfall blocks hikers at 3.3 miles into Fall Canyon, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1804SW-3141-42-Pano.jpg
  • A dry waterfall blocks hikers at 3.3 miles into Fall Canyon, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • A dry waterfall blocks hikers at 3.3 miles into Fall Canyon, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW-3132.jpg
  • Rock patterns in Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • A desert rock nettle (Eucnide urens or desert stingbush) shrub blooms with creamy yellow flowers in Fall Canyon, a wilderness area in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW-3100.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3047.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3033.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3032.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-3021.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2967.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2966.jpg
  • Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor of Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
    1804SW2-191.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2930.jpg
  • Sunrise on Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.
    1804SW-2919.jpg
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