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Contrasts in the Dunes
Depending from where the light comes, the dunes take on totally different colors and shapes.
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Windy Dunes
The sand is blowing softly across the dunes. You can feel it on your feet and legs as little tingling.
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Hiking the Dunes
The wind had settled down, the air was clean and clear. Time for those 5 hikers to inspect the area. The dunes in the distance loo…
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Mesquite Dunes
Right before sunset, the shadows were already getting long and dark and haze covered the mountains in the distance. These Dunes ar…
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Death Valley Scenery
In the middle of Death Valley late in the afternoon. Black Lava mountains on the right side and Mesquite Sand Dunes in the distanc…
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View from Mesquite Dunes
Across Hwy 190 there are these large black mountains, dry, no grass, no bush, just nothing. While on this side the sand is soft an…
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Long Road Ahead
This is what it looks like when entering Death Valley from the Nevada area around Beatty on Hwy 374.
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High Desert Morning
Somewhere above Death Valley heading towards Lone Pine. This is uninhabited for miles and miles, but there are electric cables, me…
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Desert Sunrise
Those are sunrises like no other. You don't see anything but the glowing sun, the top of the mountains and a little light in front…
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At Rainbow Canyon
Early morning en route from Death Valley across the mountains towards Lone Pine, California. It's very dry up here and cold. I won…
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The Structure of the Rocks
The different colors of the rock were attracting my attention. The dark rock looked shiny like lava. There are a number of dead vo…
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Rainbow Canyon
They also call it StarWars Canyon, as they did some scenes here close to the canyon. I stood there at 6:30 in the morning when sud…
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
These Dunes are part of Death Valley and they extend for miles and miles. You can wander around in them for hours in total seclus…
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It's Getting Dark
The Death Valley floor is already in the dark and we had a long way more to go. But still we were enjoying the sunlit clouds above…
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Death Valley Road
It was a busy day cruising around in Death Valley. Then the shadows were getting longer and we were heading to the RV camp up on t…
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Death Valley Sunset
Coming down Hwy 190 right as the sun sets behind the mountains. Very quickly it will be really dark.
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The Oasis At Death Valley
After driving for hours through Death Valley one can find a beautiful place to relax and refresh at The Oasis. When we were there…
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It's Getting Dark
Death Valley is full of surprises. Who would have thought that in the middle of all these California mountains there is a place at…
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Highway 190 at Zabriskie Point
Right before sunset the mountains in Death Valley are covered in a brilliant golden light. It's even hard to look straight at it.…
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Death Valley
Hopefully these clouds will bring some rain into the valley. We saw wild horses that looked like they were searching for water. Pl…
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Surviving the Dunes
These bushes deserve our admiration. They still stand strong despite of hellish temperatures in the summer and ice cold winters. S…