Grant Kaye
Badwater Sunrise
I stopped in Death Valley for a few days on my way back from teaching a timelapse course in Los Angeles, and sure enough Badwater served up one of the most spectacular sunrises I've ever seen in the park. We walked over a mile out into the middle of the salt flats searching for the elusive white zones where the hardpan hadn't been colored brown by sediment, but the #californiadrought has eliminated that possibility. Badwater needs to fill with a solid few feet of runoff in order for the salt to return to it's pure white color, last seen in the area after the monster winter of 2010/2011. Despite the dirt on the salt, I'm still pretty stoked to have seen this colorful #sunrise. #salt #desert @mountainsmith #forgedforlife @au_photos #landscape #color #red #deathvalley #nationalparks @usinterior #december
Badwater Sunrise
I stopped in Death Valley for a few days on my way back from teaching a timelapse course in Los Angeles, and sure enough Badwater served up one of the most spectacular sunrises I've ever seen in the park. We walked over a mile out into the middle of the salt flats searching for the elusive white zones where the hardpan hadn't been colored brown by sediment, but the #californiadrought has eliminated that possibility. Badwater needs to fill with a solid few feet of runoff in order for the salt to return to it's pure white color, last seen in the area after the monster winter of 2010/2011. Despite the dirt on the salt, I'm still pretty stoked to have seen this colorful #sunrise. #salt #desert @mountainsmith #forgedforlife @au_photos #landscape #color #red #deathvalley #nationalparks @usinterior #december