Sprinkled with green, yellow, red and purple, this prismatic terrain was formed by mineral-rich volcano deposits.
The lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level, is filled with vast, cracked salt flats that cover the nearly 200 square miles. The intricate salt crystals form surreal patterns across the immense landscape.
Surrounded by mountains on all sides the smooth mounds of sand stand in stark contrast to the jagged purple mountains in the distance.
The tallest dunes in California are known for an eerie humming caused by the relative motion of moving sand grains. Visit the dunes in the early morning or late afternoon to capture the depth of shadows cast by their ever-changing landscape.
A seasonally dry lake, famous for rocks that mysteriously move across its surface leaving tracks behind them.
Just a few remnants of its glory days can be found in this once booming mining town, including a 3 story bank, jail and train station.
Composed of sediment from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up nearly 5 million years ago, this jagged landscape was used to represent the surface of Mars in the film, Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
Another remnant of Death Valley’s mining history, The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns were completed in 1877 and were used to reduce Pinyon and Juniper tree wood to charcoal in a process of slow burning in low oxygen. This fuel was then transported to mines to feed smelting and ore extraction operations.
Travel back in time to this two-story Spanish Colonial Revival style villa built in the 1920s and experience the stark contrast of the luxurious home against the harsh desert landscape.
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