Death Valley, California
Standing on Dante’s View just after sunset, we look south along the western side of the Black Mountains with a view of the salt flat below and the eastern side of the Panamint Mountains.
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Death Valley, California
A section of the dunes before the rising sun clears the horizon. The sand has the usual magenta color cast on this cloudless morning.
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Death Valley, California
A perspective from Dante’s View of the salt flat in Badwater Basin. A year earlier the basin was flooded by the ephemeral Lake Manly. Its evaporation has left the largest expanse of white salt (not snow!) I remember seeing. Often a more minor flooding event will mix in some dark sediments, aka mud.
We’re standing on the Black Mountains at an elevation of 1600 meters (one mile). The salt flat is below sea level. Across from us are the conjoined alluvial fans (bajadas) of the Panamint Mountains.
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Death Valley, California
The rising sun has cleared the Funeral Mountains, shining a warm low light on the dunes. The Grapevine Mountains are in the background.
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Death Valley, California
From a high spot on Artist Drive, we have a southerly view of the edge of the Black Mountains and the Badwater salt flat.
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