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Snowstorm on Highway 395
Driving south on Highway 395 we encounter a snowstorm near Mack Canyon. Coleville, California, USA
Manzanar Relocation Camp
Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountainss seen from Manzanar. Site of internment camps of 10,000 persons of Japanese ancestory, many American citizens, in 1942 - 1945. Manzanar, California, USA.
Entering Death Valley National Park
Arrowweed in Devil's Cornfield
An approaching sandstorm viewed from Devil;s Cornfield. The plants that some thought resembled bundles of corn stalks is Arrowweed.. Death Valley, California, USA
Sand dune in the Devil's Cornfield with approaching sand storm. Visibility would be severly limited in just a few minutes. Death
Morning sunlight on the dunes.
Morning's first light illuminates sand dunes in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley, California, USA
Mesquite Flat Dune sunrise
Sunrise light hits one of the dunes in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes blue hour
Predawn view of sand dunes in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Morning shadows
Early morning light and shadows on sand dunes. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
Mesiquite Flat Sand Dues in the early morning light with the Armogosa Mountain range in the background. Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Dune hiker
Early morning hiker on the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Weathered bush
Weathered bush in sand dune at Mequite Flat Sand Dunes, Dealth Valley National Park, California, USA.
Golden Canyon
Golden Canyon looking towards Telecope Peak in the Panamint Mountains. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Desert sun
Desert sun shines bright in Golden Canyon looking towards Telescope Peak in Panamint Mountains. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Golden Canyon hiker
Tom Blackburn hiking the trail to Red Cathedral in Golden Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Badwater Basin
Setting sun highlights the geometric patterns of the salt flats of Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Salt flats
Salt flats of Badwater Basin in the glow of sunset. The basin consists of a small spring-fed pool of "bad water" next to the road in a sink. Repeated freeze–thaw and evaporation cycles gradually push the thin salt crust into hexagonal honeycomb shapes. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Zabriski Point
Setting moon at Zabriski Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
First light on Panamints
Morning's first light shines on the Panamint Mountains viewed from Zabriski Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Layers
Layers of rock are striking in the morning light near Zabriski Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Zabriski Point sunrise
Morning light illuminates the east facing side of Zabriski Point, Death Valley, California, USA.
Welcome sign
Sign welcoming vistors driving from Death Valley to Beatty, Nevada. About 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, aside from tourism, local businesses include mining, retail trade, public administration and gambling. Beatty, Nevada, USA.
Beatty Burros
A local herd of wild burros freely roam Beatty and welcome most visitors in town. Beatty, Nevada, USA.
Wild burro
One of the wild burros that roam the town of Betty, Nevada, USA.
Brothers
Tom and Paul Blackburn after visiting Beatty, Nevada a very small town on the east side of Death Valley National Park. USA
Ghost town cabin
Cabin in Rhyolite, a boom town founded in 1904 and at its peak in 1907 had 4,000 residents. Nevada, USA
Caboose house
Caboose house was used as a filling station in the 1920s. Rhyolite, Nevada, USA
Rhyolite bank building
Rhyolite in 1907 had concrete sidewalks, electric lights, water mains, telephone and telegraph lines, daily and weekly newspapers, a monthly magazine, police and fire departments, a hospital, school, train station and railway depot, at least three banks, a stock exchange, an opera house, a public swimming pool and two formal church buildings. Most prominent was the three-story John S. Cook and Co. Bank on Golden Street.Rhyolite, Nevada, USA
Cook Bank building
Rhyolite, a ghost town in the Armogosa Desert, boomed in the early 1900's but went bust when ore ran out in 1910. Rhyolite, Nevada, USA.
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The tallest building in Rhyolite, the Cook Bank building cost its owner $90,000 to build in 1908 including Italian marble, stained glass windows, and other luxuries. Rhyolite, Nevada, USA.
Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin and Panamint Mountains. Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Titus Canyon
A 27 mile one way, back country road, Titus Canyon Road, starts in Nevada and ends on Death Valley National Park. The two cyclists are descending Red Pass. Titus Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Titus Canyon Road
A 27 mile one way, back country road, descending Red Pass on its way to Leadfield and Titus Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Leadfield
Leadfield, built on decit and fraud by CC Julian, flourished in 1925 and 1926. Located in Titus Canyon in the Grapevine Mountains and is evidence of the get-rich-quick schemes of the 1920s. Leadfield, California, USA.
Setting moon
Highway to Death Valley
Highway 127 from Shoshone, California leads into Death Valley National Park. California, USA
Ubehebe Crater
Panorama view of Ubehebe Crater in the northern half of Death Valley National Park. Created by a volcanic explosion as recently as 2,100 years ago.
Hiking Mosaic Canyon
Tom Blackburn, hiking on the trail into Mosaic Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Mosaic layers
Exposed layers of different rock types show the sedimentary layers that give Mosaic Canyon its name. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
Lodging
Rented an off-road tear drop trailer from E-Z-Kampin for our lodging in Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Father Crowley overlook
Topaz Lake
Sunset at Topaz Lake, Nevada from our lodging at Topaz Lodge. California/Nevada border bisects this lake.
Snowstorm on Highway 395 Manzanar Relocation Camp Entering Death Valley National Park Arrowweed in Devil's Cornfield Sand dune in the Devil's Cornfield with approaching sand storm. Visibility would be severly limited in just a few minutes. Death Morning sunlight on the dunes. Mesquite Flat Dune sunrise Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes blue hour Morning shadows Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes Dune hiker Weathered bush Golden Canyon Desert sun Golden Canyon hiker Badwater Basin Salt flats Zabriski Point First light on Panamints Layers Zabriski Point sunrise Welcome sign Beatty Burros Wild burro Brothers Ghost town cabin Caboose house Rhyolite bank building Cook Bank building _PB50110.jpg Badwater Basin Titus Canyon Titus Canyon Road Leadfield Setting moon Highway to Death Valley Ubehebe Crater Hiking Mosaic Canyon Mosaic layers Lodging Father Crowley overlook Topaz Lake
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