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The wind was blowing a very thin layer of sand 10 inches above the ground. Being in the middle of this was a beautiful and surreal experience.
Vietnam is`nt just jungle as many westerners tend to believe, this picture is taken near the white sanddunes near Mui Ne
Mole area.At one of the cuttings in the seaward dunes to get the sand to blow into the burrows. Wales Coastal Path at the top of the frame on the old haul road laid in the 1960's for the construction of the Deep Water Harbour for the Steel Works,the fenced area for cattle and sheep to graze and still accessible to wander over
We are camping at Silverlake and this is our oldest son and his wife came in from NC and we all went riding the dunes this afternoon. Here they are taking a mini break.
Day 74 of 365.
Film double exposure.
Bradley came over today. :) We watched The Polar Express.
Best. Christmas. Movie. Ever.
The Artist’s Drive in Death Valley National Park is one of the more unique things you can do in the area. The drive takes you through canyons and past mountains, many of which are covered in loads of fantastic colors. It’s crazy that Death Valley has so many things that are completely unique in the park like Badwater, Devil’s Golf Course, Artist Palette and the Racetrack. Here is all the information on this the drive and Artist’s Palette, which is the main stop.
Artist’s Drive is located off Badwater Road, North of Devil’s Golf Course and South of Furnace Creek. The start of the drive is clearly marked, and it will take you about 45 minutes depending on how much you stop and how fast people are driving in front of you. Artist Palette is about 5 miles from the star
After about 5 miles of driving, you will reach the most impressive part of the drive which is Artist Palette
his is where all of the colors come through in the mountain, and it is crazy to see them all collect right in this one specific canyon.
The colors are produced by the oxidation of the metals and elements found in the ground here, and it produces everything from purple and blue to even a slight green.
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The largest national park south of Alaska, Death Valley is known for extremes: It is North America's driest and hottest spot (with fewer than two inches/five centimeters of rainfall annually and a record high of 134°F), and has the lowest elevation on the continent—282 feet below sea level. Even with its extremes, the park still receives nearly a million visitors each year.
In 1849 emigrants bound for California's gold fields strayed into the 120-mile long basin, enduring a two-month ordeal of "hunger and thirst and an awful silence." One of the last to leave looked down from a mountain at the narrow valley and said, "Good-bye, Death Valley."
The moniker belies the beauty in this vast graben, the geological term for a sunken fragment of the Earth's crust. Here are rocks sculptured by erosion, richly tinted mudstone hills and canyons, luminous sand dunes, lush oases, and a 200-square-mile salt pan surrounded by mountains, one of America's greatest vertical rises. In some years spring rains trigger wildflower blooms amid more than a thousand varieties of plants.
Native Americans, most recently the Shoshone, found ways to adapt to the more recent and forbidding desert conditions that exist here now. Rock art and artifacts indicate a human presence dating back at least 9,000 years.
From 1883 to 1889, wagon teams hauled powdery white borax from mines since fallen to ruin, an enterprise that spread word of Death Valley's striking landscapes, deep solitude, and crystalline air.
As night falls, Death Valley's elusive populations of bobcats, kit foxes, and rodents venture out. Far above on steep mountain slopes, desert bighorn sheep forage among Joshua trees, scrubby junipers, and pines, while hawks soar on thermals rising into vivid blue, cloudless skies.
Did You Know?
The highest mountain in the park, 11,049-foot Telescope Peak, lies only 15 miles from Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the U.S. The vertical drop from the peak to Badwater Basin is twice the depth of the Grand Canyon.
Named by gold prospectors struggling through the area in 1849, Death Valley has been inhabited by Timbisha Shoshone Native Americans; gold prospectors, including slaves; Chinese immigrants mining for silver and borax; Basque immigrants who settled here at the turn of the 20th century; and Japanese Americans temporarily interned here during World War II.
Hottest, Driest, and Lowest National Park:
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Situated east of the Imperial Valley agricultural region, the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area is bordered to the west by the Coachella Canal, a waterway diverting Colorado River water to fertile agricultural lands further north. A major east-west route of the Union Pacific railroad skirts its eastern edge, a time-worn testament to the impediment the dunes once played to travel between San Diego and Phoenix.
The dune system consists of three areas. The northernmost area is known as Mammoth Wash. This open area allows OHV use and offers a more isolated experience.
South of Mammoth Wash is the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness. Established in 1994, this area is closed to all mechanized traffic, so access is by foot or on horseback only. Here you will find endless miles of quiet solitude.
The southernmost boundary of the Wilderness is State Highway 78; just south of this highway the largest and most heavily used dunes are found. With some restrictions, these primary dunes may be traveled south toward the Mexican border.
Photo by Jim Pickering, BLM.
um, someone tell me how i can get rid of the watermark? Thanks to Maryse for taking out the watermark! because i'm loving the way this hdr is making the scene come alive. this is what it looked like today.