Photos from Death Valley, California

artists-palette / Mineral deposits in rocks create a so-called Artists Palette

badwater / Some of the scare water in Death Valley -- but a hateful, brackish substance -- at a place called Badwater

coyote-1 / Coyote near Scotty's Castle after rare Death Valley rainstorm

coyote-2 / Coyote near Scotty's Castle after rare Death Valley rainstorm

cracked-playa / Arid, cracked playa floor near foot of sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells

death-valley-desert-floor / The Death Valley desert floor is, in most places, more rocky than sandy

death-valley-route-190 / Deserted Route 190 highway in heart of Death Valley near Titus Canyon

death-valley-vegetation / Scarce Death Valley vegetation

dry-riverbed / Dry riverbed at Zabriskie Point that must channel flash floods, draining west to playa basin, the lowest point in North America

footsteps-in-sand / Footsteps leading off into sand dunes

golden-canyon / View leaving Golden Canyon, looking to west

keep-out / Side road in Death Valley saying: Keep Out

sand-dunes-1 / Death Valley sand dunes at sunset

sand-dunes-3 / Death Valley sand dunes at sunset

sand-dunes-4 / Death Valley sand dunes at sunset

sand-dunes-5 / Death Valley sand dunes at sunset

scottys-castle-1 / Scotty's Castle, built in Grapevine Canyon by Walter "Scotty" Scott in the 1920s

scottys-castle-2 / Scotty's Castle, built in Grapevine Canyon by Walter "Scotty" Scott in the 1920s

scottys-castle-3 / Scotty's Castle, built in Grapevine Canyon by Walter "Scotty" Scott in the 1920s

scottys-castle-4 / Scotty's Castle, built in Grapevine Canyon by Walter "Scotty" Scott in the 1920s

scottys-castle-exterior / Scotty's Castle, built in Grapevine Canyon by Walter "Scotty" Scott in the 1920s

three-rocks / Row of three rock outcroppings by Golden Canyon in quickening late afternoon sun

ubehebe-crater-1 / Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, created by a dormant volcano, covering six square miles

ubehebe-crater-2 / Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, created by a dormant volcano, covering six square miles

ubehebe-crater-3 / Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, created by a dormant volcano, covering six square miles

ubehebe-crater-4 / Small depression near main Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, created by a dormant volcano, covering six square miles

ubehebe-crater-5 / Small depression near main Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, created by a dormant volcano, covering six square miles

ubehebe-crater-6 / Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, created by a dormant volcano, covering six square miles

ubehebe-crater-7 / Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, created by a dormant volcano, covering six square miles

zabriskie-point / Mountaintop at Zabriskie Point

zabriskie-point-bench / Bench overlooking Zabriskie Point