Death Valley National Park, California, December 1-2, 2011
Heading to Death Valley from L.A. - Santa Ana winds were in force |
Wind-driven roadway obstacle |
Dry creek bed near Baker |
Swirling sand, Highway 127, south of Death Valley |
$5.10 for a gallon of regular, Shoshone Village |
We made it |
Death Valley |
Ashford Mill ruins |
Dust in the air made for eerie landscape |
At Badwater Basin salt flats, lowest elevation in the U.S. |
Salt crusts, Badwater Basin |
Donna |
Salt crusts amid tiny area of water at Badwater Basin |
Salt crusts amid tiny area of water at Badwater Basin |
Alan |
Badwater Basin salt flats |
Badwater Basin salt flats |
Sea level is way up there |
Glad it was about 60 degrees this day, Dec. 1 |
Artist Drive |
Artist Drive |
Artist Drive |
Artist's Palette area |
Artist's Palette area |
Artist's Palette area |
Artist's Palette area |
Artist Drive |
Artist Drive |
Artist Drive |
Artist Drive |
Zabriskie Point area |
Zabriskie Point area |
Zabriskie Point area |
Zabriskie Point area |
Zabriskie Point area |
Zabriskie Point area |
20 Mule Team Canyon |
20 Mule Team Canyon |
20 Mule Team Canyon |
20 Mule Team Canyon |
20 Mule Team Canyon |
20 Mule Team Canyon |
Furnace Creek - one of two tiny villages within the park, which is the size of Connecticut |
Furnace Creek |
Furnace Creek Post Office |
Furnace Creek |
Panamint Sand Dunes |
Panamint Sand Dunes |
Panamint Sand Dunes |
Highway 190, heading out of the Panamint Mountains |
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