Death Valley Area

In December 2005, Tony and I spent a week in the Death Valley area with the Palo Alto Camera Club. Sand, rocks, sweeping vistas, sunrises and sunsets, and occasional oases--lots to photograph!

Death Valley Sunrise Morning light on the dunes The wind makes sand patterns Dune view against the Funeral Mountains Long shadows Rounded dunes Dune detail Dune view across to the Funeral Mountains Why do they call it Mosaic Canyon? Mosaic Canyon marble (Noonday Dolomite) with Desert Trumpet stems Rock stripes in Mosaic Canyon Salt pond at Bad Water, 227 feet below sea level Artists' Palette Zabriskie Point Zabriskie canyon pattern Cottonwood in the Amargosa River valley Agave detail China Ranch oasis Rusting tractor at China Ranch Classic dune shape at the Dumont Dunes Sunset near Tecopa