Death Valley

Death Valley National Park, established on February 11, 1933, covers almost 3,000 square miles and is a vast natural museum, larger than the Yellowstone National Park. The floor of the Valley is almost 300 feet below sea level (at Badwater basin) and it is recognized as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and one of the hottest places on earth. 134 degrees F was recorded in 1913, second only to the 136 degrees registered in Libya in 1936. From the top of the 11,049 foot Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range Mountains, the floor of the Valley spreads out almost 2 miles below. It bears the grim name Death Valley Hottest, Driest, Lowest: A superlative desert of streaming sand dunes, snow-capped mountains, multicolored rock layers, water-fluted canyons and three million acres of stone wilderness. Home to the Timbisha Shoshone and to plants and animals unique to the harshest deserts. A place of legend and a place of trial. Death Valley. Badwater Basin Badwater Basin Badwater Basin Artist Drive Mosaic Canyon Mosaic Canyon Titus Canyon Titus Canyon Leadfield Leadfield Leadfield Mesquite dunes Mesquite dunes Mesquite dunes Mustard Canyon Harmony Borax Works Trail Mustard Canyon Death Valley Sunset Death Valley Sunset Zabriskie point Zabriskie point Zabriskie point Zabriskie point Zabriskie point Golden Canyon Golden Canyon Red Catherdral Golden Canyon Golden Canyon Golden Canyon comment | share Type your message and click Add Comment It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name Name Email help private comment Type your message and click Add Comment It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name Name Email help private comment click on thumbnails for full image