Daily Photo – Salt River

Daily Photo – Salt River
Salt River, Death Valley (Click image for larger view)

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…

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Daily Photo – Alluvial Fan

Daily Photo – Alluvial Fan
Alluvial Fan (Click image for larger view)

A little further north on the West Side Road, I captured this view east across Badwater Basin of an alluvial fan at the base of a washout in the Amargosa…

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Daily Photo – Johnson Canyon

Daily Photo – Johnson Canyon
North from Johnson Canyon (Click image for larger view)

This view of Death Valley was taken from near the intersection of the West Side Road and the track that leads up into Johnson Canyon. The rain was still falling…

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Daily Photo – Desert Storm

Daily Photo – Desert Storm
Rain over Galena Canyon (Click image for larger view)

So if you saw yesterday's photo looking south along West Side Road, this one was taken five minutes earlier, but looking north rather than south. You can see that I'm…

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Daily Photo – Ashford Mill

Daily Photo – Ashford Mill
Ashford Mill (Click image for larger view)

The ruins of Ashford Mill sit just south of Route 178 at the southern end of Death Valley in California and about 25 miles west of Shoshone. In the background…

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