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Death Valley - Dunes and the impact of man...

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a land of amazing shapes and colors

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Mesquite Flat Dunes

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Manly Beacon at Zabriske Point

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Mt Charleston, Nevada emerges in the sunrise

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Artist's Palette

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surviving in the salt

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The Racetrack

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an array of color in very direction

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water, though scare, is powerful

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Badwater, below sea level, is fed by 400 sq miles

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As the water at Badwater evaporates, salt collects

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... collects ...

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and collects

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the valley floor, from the edge, one mile high

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Telescope Peak is over 11,000 feet above the valley floor

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Salt Pan, south of Badwater

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Salt Pan, south of Badwater

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dried mud

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Joshua Tree

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Teakettle Junction, on the road to the Racetrack

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The Racetrack - a 3 mile long flat playa of harden mud with mysterious, etched trails of rocks & boulders

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Scientists believe the boulders roll down this hillside; and during flooding rains, the boulders are driven by gale winds across the playa.

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Caution: Rock Crossing

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Sunset, valley floor reflecting miles of dirty salt formations at the Devil's Golf Course

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Mud Troll

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Death Valley, January 2010