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Zabriskie Point ©

Manly Beacon was named in honor of William L. Manly, who along with John Rogers, guided members of the ill-fated Forty-niners out of Death Valley during the gold rush of 1849.

View of Manly Beacon from Zabriskie Point, showing convolutions, texture, and color contrasts in the eroded rock

The primary source of borate minerals gathered from Death Valley's playas is Furnace Creek Formation. (This pic is a composite of two shots)

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Uploaded on August 18, 2015