Daily Photo – Dante’s View

Daily Photo – Dante’s View
Death Valley from Dante's View (Click image for larger view)

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…

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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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