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17-FEB-2012 Jola Dziubinska

Zabriskie Point

Death Valley, California, USA

Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located in east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in the United States noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago — long before Death Valley came into existence. The Formation is made up of over 5000 feet (1500 m) of mudstone, siltstone, and conglomerate. The borates were concentrated in these lakebeds from hot spring waters and altered rhyolite from nearby volcanic fields.

The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company's twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations in Death Valley. Christian Brevoort was the grandson of a Polish nobleman - Albrycht Zaborowski, Lutheran born in 1638 in Węgorzewo, Poland.

Reportedly, philosopher Michel Foucault described his experience of taking LSD at this point in 1975, the greatest experience of your life :)
The site was also shown in the movie Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point. This location was used in the film Kill Bill: Volume 2.

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Guest 05-Mar-2012 22:32
outstanding,i love this place and Antonioni's movie,V
John Hamers05-Mar-2012 22:29
Beautiful texture in these rock formations, captured beautifully !! V
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography05-Mar-2012 09:18
Superb, Vote.
Ken Duckert01-Mar-2012 13:30
Outstanding photo of Zabriskie Point. This is my favorite spot in Death Valley. There is so much color, texture and energy there. I lost one of best hats to the wind there. Nice clear day, excellent composition and detail!
Buz Kiefer01-Mar-2012 00:23
Excellent. Vote.
Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography29-Feb-2012 10:17
fascinating!v
Karen Stuebing28-Feb-2012 22:25
Outstanding scenic. Love the point of view and detail of this bleak but beautiful country. V.
Coleen Perilloux Landry28-Feb-2012 21:51
The majesty of the earth. Well seen.
Kinga Chwalkowska Zadlak28-Feb-2012 21:12
Breathtaking mountains - great texture and color...
~BV~
J. Scott Coile28-Feb-2012 20:51
Wonderful rugged terrain.
fotabug28-Feb-2012 20:49
Fantastic formations and photo! V
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