Tag:death valley national park
How Teakettle Junction got it’s name has been lost to history but, by virtue of the name, it’s almost obligatory to bring your own kettle, write your name on it and hang it on the sign. Sooner or later the ‘locals’ will come by and remove them and the cycle starts over again. Teakettle Junction itself is about 21 miles south of Ubehebe Crater on the way to the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park. When I was there […]
The Stovepipe Wells sand dunes are a well known feature and every photographer in the valley stops there sooner or later. Most photographers trek out there in the darkness to capture the sunrise. It’s a challenge to avoid others and their footprints. This particular shot was taken in the evening, just after sunset. I’ve no idea how this piece of tree found itself on top of this dune but I can only imagine someone hauled it up there – perhaps […]
Titus Canyon Road is a one-way drive for most of it’s length. You can drive from the valley to where the canyon exits but then you have to hike into the canyon. Most people that take that route will never reach this spot, some 5 miles or so from the parking lot. This is a view to the west as the road starts to descend more steeply through the Grapevine Mountains of the Amargosa Range. In the distance you can […]
If you drive the Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, about a quarter mile after you pass through the remains of Leadfield you get to the upper entrance to Titus Canyon. I had to stop and get a few shots of this wondrous view – the most amazing folded rocks I’ve ever seen. Having taken classes in Geology as part of my Geophysics degree, to see these folded rocks literally stopped me in my tracks. Imagine the forces […]
I love deserts. I lived for five years in the Libyan Desert in Libya and Tunisia and spent a further six months in the desert in Oman. (Hopefully Libya will become a safe places to visit again in the future but I wouldn’t go there now.) The desert south-west of the USA then is a place I love to visit, though it has way more vegetation and life than the Libyan Desert. Today’s photo is of the Titus Canyon Road, […]
There’s a 4.2 mile trail from the Charcoal Kilns that leads up above Wildrose Canyon to Wildrose Peak, a climb of 2,200 feet.
