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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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Aivar Mikko29-Oct-2019 07:54
Excellent composition, superb view!
Long Bach Nguyen18-Jan-2014 01:51
beautiful texture, composition, exposure and love the view point
MarcViskens10-Mar-2012 10:46
amazing
very nice
Marc
Rosi Blaurock05-Mar-2012 20:18
Very nice.
Fred Parsons03-Mar-2012 22:26
Ahhh yes, quite a place. See http://www.pbase.com/fredparsons/image/127842977
Pieter Bos03-Mar-2012 19:25
Great image!! ~V
Coleen Perilloux Landry03-Mar-2012 16:50
Such grandeur of the earth.
Terri Steele03-Mar-2012 15:33
Fantastic composition.... love all of the texture and lines... well done!
Ken Duckert03-Mar-2012 14:58
Outstanding catch Jola! This is such a maze of wonderful patterns. Superb light and composition.
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography03-Mar-2012 13:45
Great shot, Vote.
Guest 03-Mar-2012 12:34
Wonderful lines, textures and shadows. Well done. v
waterfalls man03-Mar-2012 12:18
Beautiful Shot V!!
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