Death Valley Road at Twilight
Hunter's Moon Over Desert
October Moon Shines On Desert
Death Valley Salt Flats from Dante's View
Don't Back Up
Zabriske Point, morning
Badwater, Big Crowd, elevation minus 282
Badwater trail into the salt flat at lowest point in the US is busy after 2 tour buses arrive
Badwater, elevation 282 below sea level
early visitors found water in an arid spot but the mules wouldn't drink: hence the name Badwater, but its just very salty not toxic
Salt Flat and Dry Mountains
Natural Bridge and Hiker in Death Valley
tiny figure of hiker centered under the "bridge" gives a sense of the massive scale of the canyon walls towering over the Natural Bridge trail
Death Valley's Natural Bridge
Under the Bridge
view out toward Death Valley from under the Natural Bridge
Death Valley View
view of floor of Death Valley from Natural Bridge trail
Artist's Drive, October 2016
NPS is closing this road for repairs in November, multicolored rocks give it the name
No Trees Along Artist's Drive
vast debris flows in the arid environment of Death Valley remain without vegetation for years, view toward floor of Death Valley
Below Sea Level
every tourist's favorite photo spot showing Furnace Creek on the floor of Death Valley below the sea level elevation sign
Sun Setting on Zabriske Point Parking Lot
rare partly cloudy sky above Zabriske Point at sunset
Purple Sky at Sunset
children and tourists silhouetted on Zabriskie Point viewpoint at sunset
Sunset Softening
usually sharply shadowed badlands are softened by glowing light reflected from clouds just after sunset
Pink Zabriskie Point
haze from blowing dust and twilight turns sharp yellow rocks of Zabriske point to soft pinks and purples
Late Hikers
Hikers with headlamps on Zabriske point, watch out for snakes!
Death Valley sky at sunset
Long Wagon
bed of "twenty mule team" style long narrow wagon at Furnace Creek Ranch
Clouds Above Stovepipe Wells