Death Valley Photos

Recently I toured Death Valley and the northern part of the park where Eureka Dunes is located. These are reportedly some of the highest dunes in the United States. I never made it to the top of the highest dune as it was probably over 95 degrees by 8 in the morning. These dunes are most easily accessible through Lone Pine. The road to Eureka Dunes from Stovepipe Wells is mostly a washboard dirt road. Here are some of the shots.

Eureka Dunes, Death Valley,
CA taken with P645 and Hartblei
45mm/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lens f16

This is an abstract telephoto
portion of the prior photo.
Note that it is part of
the upper right of that photo.

Eureka Dunes, Death Valley,
CA taken with P645 and
Hartblei 45mm/3.5
Tilt-Shift Lens f16

Darwin Falls is a rare
perennial waterfall in
the midst of one of the
driest deserts in the world.

In the middle of Eureka Dunes
I came across these tracks from
what I first thought was
a sidewinder. But I was told
later that it was some other
type of snake.

The moving rocks of the Racetrack
have always been a mystery. It
is thought that when the playa
is slick with the occassional
rainfall, wind gusting up to
100 mph can push these rocks
across the surface of what is
normally a dry lake bed.

The Devil's cornfield came
about when winds swept
away the soil beneath the grasses.

After driving for hours over
washboard roads, we had a
good laugh over the senses
of humor of occassional
passerbys here in the middle
of nowhere at Teakettle
Junction.

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Eureka Dunes, Death Valley, CA taken with P645 and Hartblei 45mm/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lens f16	This is an abstract telephoto portion of the prior photo. Note that it is part of the upper right of that photo.	Eureka Dunes, Death Valley, CA taken with P645 and Hartblei 45mm/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lens f16

Darwin Falls is a rare perennial waterfall in the midst of one of the driest deserts in the world.	In the middle of Eureka Dunes I came across these tracks from what I first thought was a sidewinder. But I was told later that it was some other type of snake.	The moving rocks of the Racetrack have always been a mystery. It is thought that when the playa is slick with the occassional rainfall, wind gusting up to 100 mph can push these rocks across the surface of what is normally a dry lake bed.

The Devil's cornfield came about when winds swept away the soil beneath the grasses.	After driving for hours over washboard roads, we had a good laugh over the senses of humor of occassional passerbys here in the middle of nowhere at Teakettle Junction.