The Roman Road runs straight and bare
As the pale parting line in hair
Across the heath.
Category Archives: California The traditional definition of a desert is based on a (lack of) rainfall figure – less than 250 mm (10 in.) rainfall per year. An alternative definition is a place that lacks sufficient vegetation to support human population. the English word desert comes from the Latin ‘desertum’ meaning an abandoned place. 
Currently parts of east anglia qualify as a desert, and summer has just finished here too, over 20 and no rain for weeks. The ditch along Lottage road is as dry as any desert gulch no road flooding this year, waiting for the Dabchick so that we can se when some nonegenarian tells us when, if ever, it last happened.  Arguably the best viewpoint in the Death Valley National Park is Dante’s View. Although only about a mile east-south-east from Badwater, it’s more than a mile vertically above it in elevation! It’s a 40 mile round trip from Badwater, the last 5 miles being restricted to vehicles less than 25ft long. It’s a paved road…  The view above is the one I had ahead of me across Death Valley having exited Artist’s Drive canyon and making my way back to Route 178.  Great view of Artist’s Drive, Death Valley. This is the view you catch in your rear view mirror as you approach the end of the loop road. Blink and you’ll miss it! 
[...] yesterday I posted a view of Artist’s Drive in Death Valleythat I first glimpsed in my rear view mirror. The view above is the one I had ahead [...]  Artist’s Palette in Death Valleyis accessible from a one-way road about nine miles north of Badwater. You have to be careful if there is rain in the area because flash floods down the canyons of the Black Mountains have been known to completely trash cars! You can get a decent view from your car but…
[...] the old line we shout during scary movies, ‘Look behind you!’. The road to the Artist’s Palette is known as Artist’s Drive. It’s a one-way road. Most of us drive giving more attention [...]  So I think it’s obligatory to visit Badwater if you’re in Death Valley. Badwater is the lowest point in the USA at 282ft (85m) below sea level. Actually, the lowest point is some distance from here but this is where the sign is (far left) that everyone photographs. Set into the cliffs behind me is… 
Great image. I love the way the hi key emphasises the feeling of heat
Hi Chris, Thanks for your comment.
[...] view mirror, as I was headed back to Route 178; the main road running south from furnace Creek past Badwaterto [...]
[...] Death Valley National Park is Dante’s View. Although only about a mile east-south-east from Badwater, it’s more than a mile vertically above it in elevation! It’s a 40 mile round trip from [...]
[...] was taken hand-held with my 75-300mm (B&H) racked out to 300mm. You can’t actually see Badwater in this photo but you can see, on the right, the finger of white salt crust that leads out from the [...]  From a distance, the salt flats at Badwater Basin in Death Valley look quite, well, flat. Indeed, if you visit Badwater and walk out onto the salt, the initial stretch where everyone walks is indeed flat. But off the beaten path, the flats are quite rough. The salt flats are made up of masses of…
[...] you can see, you can also walk out onto the salt flat here, the ramp and deck accommodating wheel chairs. From this view it looks as though these folks [...]  This photo was taken where the West Side Roadcrosses the salt creek that flows (when it rains) from north to south along the valley. The salt here is 95% NaCl (sodium chloride, or table salt) and forms a crust three to five feet thick. Whenever it rains, some of the white salt dissolves. As the… |
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by Richard Davis
[...] and don’t mention the name of the Scottish Play if you visit the theater! Like The Roman Road that was another piece I studied in High School. jQuery(document).ready(function($) { [...]
[...] Road and Baydon Road, a few miles north of Aldbourne. Baydon Road follows (mostly) the path of the Roman Road, Ermine Street. Just west of here the Roman’s put a bend in their road to ease the gradient [...]