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There’s no trace of a human presence, no animals, plants, nothing except desert, salt, and stones (mountains). Surprisingly there is a flowers plant blooming in the intriguing Dante’s view, white basin and foggy mountains as backdrop.
Artist's Palette at Death Valley, California. The colors of the earth are wonderful on a rainy day. No crop. No post processing.
DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA
Did you know there are five species of pupfish in Death Valley NP? All are isolated from each other evolving and adapting separately since the Ice Age flooded the area around 12,000 years ago. Pupfish are the only fish found in the park. The endangered Salt Creek Pupfish are found exclusively in the Salt Creek drainage of Death Valley. These small (2 inch) fish live primarily in an entrenched section of the creek where the deeper pools are lined with vegetation. The pupfish are able to survive extreme changes in their environment and live in saline water that ranges in temperature from near freezing to about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The pupfish feed mostly on insects and alge. They survive drastic changes in their environment by being able to rapidly repopulate through several generations in a single year.
EUREKA MINE - DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA
This bullet riddled 1940's vintage auto can be found in Pete Aguereberry's camp at the Eureka mine. Pete worked this gold mine from 1905 to 1945. Many of the structures in the camp are still standing today.
DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA
Did the Golden Canyon/Gower Gulch Loop Trail early morning from Zabriskie Point to Badwater Basin and return.
I had the chance to go to Death Valley recently and we were treated to some rain and fresh snow on the mountain peaks overnight. Cold and windy day, but who could complain when your given the gift of a beautiful rainbow.
Dunes, Blowing Dust. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
A late-afternoon spring dust storm sweeps across sand dunes, Death Valley National Park.
This was a wild scene. By late afternoon it was clear that high winds and blowing dust were on their way. We hunkered down for a while and ate an early dinner while waiting to see what would develop. The winds continued to build and the sand and dust were heading more and more in our direction. These conditions are both compelling and extremely uncomfortable, but my desire to photograph overcame my common sense and I headed out.
Since the winds were blowing from to my left and a bit behind me, I decided to head to an elevated spot where I would at least not be directly the blowing sand. From this location I could look down and across the dunes and the clouds of sand sweeping across them. The wind was still a problem, a big problem actually. It was blowing so hard that even my relatively stout tripod was useless, so I leaned against a fixed object, raised the shutter speed, turned on image-stabilization and hoped for the best. It was literally impossible to hold the camera steady, so I resorted to timing my exposures for brief moments when things at least slowed down a little bit.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
The surreal landscape of Death Valley, California. Winter travel, USA.
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