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Grand Canyon 1
Grand Canyon 2
Dantes View
Description: The geologic history of Death Valley is complex and involves different types of fault activity at various times, as well as crustal sinking, volcanic activity and erosion.
Taken: 28/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)
Furnace Creek
Description: Death Valley is a graben (a rift valley) formed by the sinking of the bedrock lying between parallel, uplifted, tilt-block mountain ranges to the East and West, the Amargosa and the Panamints.
Taken: 28/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)
Salt Pan
Description: There is no plant life higher than the microscopic level on the salt pan, but salt-tolerant Pickleweed, Saltgrass and rushes are scattered around the springs and marshes at its edges.
Taken: 28/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)
Devils Golf Course
Description: Surface water from the infrequent rainstorms, or runoff from the surrounding mountains, collects in this area during the rainy season. As the water evaporates the dissolved dirt and clay are left with a coating of salt which forms these pinnacles.
Taken: 28/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)
Salt Flats
Description: Death Valley was named by gold-seekers, some of whom died crossing the valley during the 1849 California gold rush.
Taken: 28/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)
Dunes 1
Description: Death Valley National Park is located on the Eastern border of south-central California and includes a small area of Nevada. Running more than 50 miles Southwest-to-Northeast and more than 150 miles Northwest-to-Southeast
Taken: 22/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)
Dunes 2
Description: Death Valley itself is a large desert trough nearly surrounded by mountains. It is nestled between the Amargosa Range on the East and the Panamint Range on the West
Taken: 22/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)
Sunset
Description: 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 282 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
Taken: 22/11/1998
Source: 35mm (Scanned)