Zabriskie Contours
Eroded minerals catch slanting evening light at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National park, California. The power of water-driven erosion in the furnace-blasted desert of Death Valley is a beautifully dissonant phenomenon to contemplate.
The formations visible from Zabriskie Point are almost completely devoid of vegetative life, making it very difficult to wrap one's mind around the scale. However, a few shrubs in the flood plain give try their best to reveal the relief. I ambled up to this viewpoint for sunset, and joined the throng of others who had assembled with like mind. There are some striking and remote places in Death Valley, but it turns out that few of those places are readily accessible when one's rental vehicle is a Kia Soul. Next time I visit this part of the world I might splurge for a vehicle with 4-wheel drive...
Zabriskie Contours
Eroded minerals catch slanting evening light at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National park, California. The power of water-driven erosion in the furnace-blasted desert of Death Valley is a beautifully dissonant phenomenon to contemplate.
The formations visible from Zabriskie Point are almost completely devoid of vegetative life, making it very difficult to wrap one's mind around the scale. However, a few shrubs in the flood plain give try their best to reveal the relief. I ambled up to this viewpoint for sunset, and joined the throng of others who had assembled with like mind. There are some striking and remote places in Death Valley, but it turns out that few of those places are readily accessible when one's rental vehicle is a Kia Soul. Next time I visit this part of the world I might splurge for a vehicle with 4-wheel drive...