Contributions of the group Death Valley National Park

Yucca brevifolia, Joshua tree, Death Valley

nobody@ipernity.com (Xata) — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:30:48 +0000

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IT WAS SO HOT AND THE LIGHT WAS SO HARD I STRUGGLED FOR A DECENT PHOTO...

PIP ABOVE

I AM TRAVELING OVERSEAS. I HAVE PREPARED PHOTOS TO POST BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER, VISIT OR COMMENT MUCH. SORRY IN ADVANCE AND WISH YOU ALL A NICE TIME, I WILL CATCH UP WHEN BACK

THIS WAS TAKEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, IN THE EXIFS EUROPEAN TIME IS SHOWN AS I FORGOT TO ADJUST IT...

Die Bank am Death Valley

nobody@ipernity.com (Erika+Manfred) — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:43:43 +0000

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Wir standen am Zabriskie Point und haben in das Death Valley geschaut, unendliche Weiten ....
Scan von einem Dia aus dem Jahr 1995.

long, lonely road

nobody@ipernity.com (rdhinmn) — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 23:26:37 +0000

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Death Valley

and no, I wasn't the driver

Marble Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (rdhinmn) — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:55:10 +0000

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Death Valley NP

hiking in a canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (rdhinmn) — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 15:54:34 +0000

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Death Valley

Badwater and Telescope Peak, Death Valley Febr. 1980 (255°)

nobody@ipernity.com (LutzP) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:05:33 +0000

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Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America, with an elevation of 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, is only 84.6 miles (136 km) to the WNW.

The site itself consists of a small spring-fed pool of "bad water" next to the road in a sink; the accumulated salts of the surrounding basin make it undrinkable, thus giving it the name. The pool does have animal and plant life, including pickleweed, aquatic insects, and the Badwater snail.

Adjacent to the pool, where water is not always present at the surface, repeated freeze–thaw and evaporation cycles gradually push the thin salt crust into hexagonal honeycomb shapes.

The pool is not the lowest point of the basin: the lowest point (which is only slightly lower) is several miles to the west and varies in position, depending on rainfall and evaporation patterns. The salt flats are hazardous to traverse (in many cases being only a thin white crust over mud), and so the sign marking the low point is at the pool instead. The basin was considered the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere until the discovery of Laguna del Carbón in Argentina at −344 ft (−105 m)
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Badwater ist eine Senke im Death Valley in Kalifornien und der tiefste Punkt Nordamerikas mit einer Höhe von 85,5 Meter unter dem Meeresspiegel. Badwater ist ein Überbleibsel des vorzeitlichen Sees Lake Manly.

In der Senke gibt es ein quellengespeistes Becken neben der Straße; das umgebende Salz macht das Wasser ungenießbar – daher stammt der Name Badwater (engl.: „schlechtes Wasser“). Im Becken leben Tiere und Pflanzen, wie z. B. Queller, Wasserinsekten und die Badwater-Schnecke. In der Umgebung des Beckens, die nicht ständig von Wasser bedeckt ist, bildet die Kruste des Bodens sechseckige Strukturen aus.

Das Becken ist zurzeit nicht der tiefste Punkt der Senke: Er liegt mehrere Kilometer westlich und verändert seine Position. Die Salztonebenen zu durchqueren ist gefährlich, oft ist die Salzkruste über dem Schlamm nur dünn und nicht tragfähig.

from / aus Wikipedia

Entering Death Valley the unusual way via Hunter Mountain Pass Road, February 1980 (075°)

nobody@ipernity.com (LutzP) — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:27:56 +0000

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80 miles dirt road. In times when cell phones were still beyond imagination, this trip was a small adventure. This shot was taken close to the summit at almost 2.200m / 7.200 ft. On our way down on the other side, we met a park ranger with a 4x4 who asked us where we came from. He would not believe that we came over Hunter Mountain with our Toyota Celica Supra. "Can't be done with a car like yours". Well, in retrospect I think he was right since this was by far not the worst part of the road, but on the other hand, we were young and brave! ;-)

Panamint Valley

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:56:48 +0000

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This is Panamint Valley with the Panamint Sand Dunes (accessible only by a 4wd vehicle) just visible on the middle left. After descending into the valley from the Cottonwood Mountains we stopped for a few photos here before continuing on our way to our hike to Darwin Falls.

Incongruity

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:23:57 +0000

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Desert grapevines (Vitis girdiana) in, well, yes, the desert. These are along Grapevine Canyon (the name was not drawn from a hat!) at the south end of Saline Valley, alongside the road. The area lies within Death Valley National Park, California. Yes, there is a creek along the canyon; hence all the vegetation!

Mama Coyote

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:04:42 +0000

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A coyote pair was working the crowd along California State Route 190 at the north end of Panamint Valley, just inside Death Valley National Park. They should be safe so long as they stay inside the park. People on the road were paying no attention to the "don't feed the coyotes" signs! This female is obviously lactating, so there must be a den with whelps not too far away. CA 190 is the main route into Death Valley from the west, so it's mostly tourist traffic.

Panamint Valley

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:32:23 +0000

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Looking south from the Saline Valley Road. Telescope Peak, the high point of the Panamint Range, is dimly visible on the skyline to the left of center. Most of the area visible to the left in the pic is in Death Valley National Park. California, USA.

Darwin Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:46:42 +0000

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Looking upstream. A steep canyon north of Darwin, California that flows ultimately into the north end of Panamint Valley. The road bypasses a waterfall(!) in the middle, where the exposed bedrock has forced the water to the surface. Unfortunately, the best trail to the falls is from below, and I didn't have time to take it. Note the flotsam to the right of center--sometimes a _lot_ of water comes this way!

Probably not an issue today--

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:19:30 +0000

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But it really _does_ snow here sometimes-- Near the southern end of the Saline Valley Road, right at the edge of Death Valley National Park, California.

Budding barrel cactus

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:25:09 +0000

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Presumably the California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus. Off the Saline Valley road on the way into the valley from the north.

Tecopa Furnace Creek Rd (0091)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:51:24 +0000

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Looking north into the Dublin Range, from Furnace Creek Wash road. Best viewed in full screen.

A storm in the desert--

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:42:03 +0000

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Intense thunderstorm in Saline Valley, California. The rain is so heavy the water is actually running off the surface--a so-called "sheet flood." You can tell this sort of rainfall is unusual by the vegetation! Looking southwest to the Inyo Mountains.

Abandoned--

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:37:42 +0000

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Remains of (probably) an old ranch in Saline Valley, California, altho it might have been mining-related. It no doubt had a brief reincarnation as a hippie commune in the 70s--Saline Valley was notorious for such things, for a while. The mountain range beyond is the Inyo Mountains, the southern extension of the Whites. Looking more or less north.

Saline Valley dunes

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:33:50 +0000

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And a couple of stressed-looking creosote bushes. Saline Valley is a downdropped fault-bounded valley (a graben) west of Death Valley. It's now also in Death Valley National Park, and gives a flavor of what Death Valley was like before the tourists and the Park Service infrastructure. In 60+ miles of rough dirt road I passed one other vehicle (a ranger), and saw two cars parked here at the dunes.

Horsethief Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:19:01 +0000

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Site of a Designated Vehicle Route (i.e., authorized Jeep trail!) thru the Piper Canyon Wilderness, just north of Death Valley, California. Looking downstream. The rocks are all Early Paleozoic sedimentary units, mostly limestones.

Beavertail in bloom

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:18:48 +0000

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Along the Horsethief Canyon designated vehicle route in the Piper Mountain Wilderness, north of Death Valley, California. Beavertail (Opuntia basilaris) is a type of prickly pear cactus where the thorns are isolated in small clumps, leaving big flat blades like a beaver's tail. It was a staple of the local Native Americans and is also used in traditional Mexican cooking. You can often find the blades in the Hispanic foods section of supermarkets in the US Southwest.