This is Badwater - 282 feet below sea level (the lowest point in North America). All that white stuff is salt - they call it the Salt Pan. Obviously Badwater gets its name from the salty water that is undrinkable.
Many Sand Dunes are found in Death Valley.
Notice the lonely hiker in this one...
This is called The Racetrack. These large rocks are theorized to be pushed on ice and mud by high winds.
The 27 mile dirt road to get here keeps it very secluded.
Death Valley is a great place to do astrophotography.
This one has the setting moon shining down on a 20 team mule train that used to haul Borax out of mines in the 1880's.
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