Badwater
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My son, Davin. Just turned 2 in September.
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Badwater, the lowest point in the western hemishpere. Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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A mirror universe soaked into a stubborn puddle.
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Death Valley California, the lowest elevation in the U.S.A. This is the middle of Winter and many people stroll out on to the dry lake. In the Summer it is not unusual for the temperature to be over 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Death Valley National Park
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Photo of the Mesquite Sand Dunes, located in Death Valley National Park. These dunes have been featured in several movies, including films in the Star Wars series.
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Photo featuring a natural stone bridge found within Death Valley National Park.
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Colorful mountains within Death Valley National Park. These colors are caused by the oxidation of different metals (red, pink and yellow is from iron salts, green is from decomposing tuff-derived mica, and manganese produces the purple). Called the Artist Drive Formation, the rock unit provides evidence for one of the Death Valley area’s most violently explosive volcanic periods. The Miocene-aged formation is made up of cemented gravel, playa deposits, and much volcanic debris, perhaps 5,000 feet thick. Chemical weathering and hydrothermal alteration are also responsible for the variety of colors displayed at Artist Palette.
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View of the Badwater Basin from Dante’s View within Death Valley National Park. Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America, with an elevation of 282 feet below sea level. Dante’s View is at elevation 5,475 feet, thus this photo depicts a drop of 5,757 feet. The basin below is white as it made up of almost pure table salt. This salt flat was first created 2000 to 3000 years ago by the drying-up of the 30-foot deep Recent Lake.
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Battling the elements, time until sunset, and the radar-equipped rangers (unsuccessfully), I was able to get out on the lake bed to get this Death Valley shot at sunset in November. More images of Death Valley at mpdurbinphotography.com Canon 20D, 17mm, 1/30, F5, ISO:100, 18:44.
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Summer 2005, Badwater basin in Death Valley California, 54 degrees celcius…didn’t stay out there very long!
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Bad Water, Death Valley National Park, California, USA / c. 2001
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Couple walking to a rainbow at Badwater in Death Valley National Park, California.
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I had remembered Death Valley National Park from a brief visit years ago only as an incredibly hot place. On a more recent stay there its stark beauty surprised me. This view was taken on a morning walk in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere.
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Badwater is a basin in California’s Death Valley, noted as the lowest point in North America, with an elevation of 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. Repeated freeze-thaw and evaporation cycles gradually pushed the thin salt crust into curiously hexagonal honeycomb shape.
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Death Valley, CA
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Nikon D80 18-55mm got to badwater in death valley early around seven or eight. the sun had not quite risen over the top of the mountain behind me, which meant that the mountains in front of me, were lit up brightly, but the foreground was kept in shadow. it created an interesting effect.
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Badwater at dawn, when the Mountains shadows were shifting around. Taken in Death Valley National Park with a D80 Nikon. I framed up the shot with the little white bits of rock that protrude from the water to give context to the distant white streak below the mountains and to give the shot more depth via presence of foreground and background elements.
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Death Valley National Park
by LihkinI had been wanting to visit Death Valley N…
I had been wanting to visit Death Valley National Park for the last couple of years and finally got the chance to do so this past winter. Visiting the park in the winter held a couple of incentives for me; first, the climate was pleasant during the day, and second, the temperatures were sufficiently low (in the 30s) during the night, to allow me to photograph star trails with little image noise during the long exposures. I hoped to leave Los Angeles around 4 AM- the keyword being ‘hoped’! Sleeping late and getting up early don’t really mix well together, and after hitting the ‘snooze’ button on my alarm clock a few times, I finally managed to leave my apartment around 5 AM. A quick stop at the local gas station for a cup of joe, and I was cruising along CA-134. I decided to take CA-134 to the I-15 N, before finally taking CA-127 at Barstow. The journey time from LA to Death Valley is approximately 5 hours. I arrived at Death Valley around 10 AM and after checking in at the visitor center, I headed to my campsite located in the Furnace Creek campground. The campground is well laid out with RV campsites in the middle and the tent sites circling the RV ones. If camping in a tent, it’s advisable to book tent specific sites, as they have a softer ground (for the stakes). I made the mistake of booking one night in the RV site and could not for the life of me, hammer half of my stakes into the hard ground. I then decided to just hammer the stakes in at a 45 degree angle and set some stones on top of the stakes. As luck would have it, it was horribly windy that night and I was just hoping that the stakes/ stones combo, would keep the tent in place (which they did). I basically wanted to photograph a few specific places in Death Valley. I knew that I definitely had to shoot the sunrise from Badwater as well as Dante’s View, and the sunset at Ubehebe Crater (which is a few miles from Scotty’s Castle and quite a distance from Furnace Creek). The drive to the crater is very scenic (with some great views). I recommend going to see the crater if you visit Scotty’s Castle. The crater is also en-route to the Racetrack (which I have never been to, as one requires a 4WD high-clearance vehicle to get there). Besides these photos, I wanted a couple of panoramas and star trails (specifically from Zabriskie Point and Dante’s View). I tend to shoot star trails around 2 AM or so, and was thus apprehensive about heading off to these remote areas alone at that time. I especially remember the trip to Dante’s View (for those of you that have never been to Death Valley, Dante’s View is a very scenic point at around 5000 feet above the valley below and is a good distance from civilization)- images of myself being stalked by an Axe-murderer kept flashing as I was driving up the solitary road towards my destination. If you do decide to go to Dante’s View for night photography (I highly recommend it), then try and go with a friend (and don’t forget to load your thermos up with some hot coffee the previous night). One of the great things about Death Valley is that they have a couple of restaurants and a grocery store very close to the visitor center. One of the most photographed locations in Death Valley is ‘Zabriskie Point’ which happens to be close to the visitor center. The view from this point is great and the light early morning and late evening is spectacular. This point has a lot of tourists for the sunset, but not too many show up for the sunrise (they tend to show up after the sun has risen). I shot an hour long star trail at this point (around 2AM or so) and it turned out well. I had planned my two visits to Death Valley so that I got the chance to photograph the valley, both during the new moon as well as the full moon. A few weeks ago, I decided to go to Death Valley once again as I wanted to capture shots for a panorama at Badwater. At 282 feet below sea-level, Badwater is the lowest point in Death Valley (and also the USA). One of the cool things at the parking lot is a sign up on the mountain by the parking lot, that says ‘Sea Level’. The location is very scenic and can provide some great photo opportunities. The panorama below is composed of around 13 shots stitched together (representing approximately 270 degrees of view). I got lucky that day as there were clouds and the panorama turned out quite dramatic. If you can go to Death Valley during a rainstorm, I think you will be well rewarded with some great photo opportunities. To see the panorama below in all its glory, click here and once it opens, use the scrollbar at the bottom to scroll to the right to see the full picture. Death Valley should definitely be on your list of must-see attractions. It’s a great place to relax, shoot photos and just have a good time.
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Taken way back in 1991 with an old Pentax KX, this scanned photo shows, quite literally, North and South America’s lowest point which is situated in Death Valley, California.
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This photograph was taken on 10/16/2009 during a trip to the Death Valley National Park. The salt flats in Badwater Basin cover nearly 200 square miles and are among the largest protected salt flats in the world. On this particular day we arrived at Death Valley at 2 pm and the temperature was a wonderful 102 degrees fahrenheit! If you look really hard, you’ll notice a sign that’s almost centrally located in the photo. This sign was put in place to indicate where sea level is because Badwater Basin is located 282 feet below sea level and is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. Bottom line, if you haven’t been to Death Valley GO!! I’ve been to several places but nothing I’ve ever experienced even comes close to touching the experience I had at Death Valley. I can’t wait to go back again! :)
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This photograph was taken on 10/16/2009 during a trip to the Death Valley National Park. The salt flats in Badwater Basin cover nearly 200 square miles and are among the largest protected salt flats in the world. On this particular day we arrived at Death Valley at 2 pm and the temperature was a wonderful 102 degrees fahrenheit! Badwater Basin is located 282 feet below sea level and is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. Bottom line, if you haven’t been to Death Valley GO!! I’ve been to several places but nothing I’ve ever experienced even comes close to touching the experience I had at Death Valley. I can’t wait to go back again! :)
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