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USA 2011 - Death Valley

USA 2011 - Canyonlands

• Edward Young.

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Zabriskie Point at Death Valley National Park. This is a wide angle shot of the previous image Iposted on flickr. Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in the United States noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago, long before Death Valley came into existence.

I had an amazing time here even though I had to wake up around 4:30 PM to witness the sunrise at this amazing location. The colors and patterns on these badlands formation is nothing short of spectacular. Please make it a must stop location if you ever visit Death Valley.

Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence.

Death Valley California, United States September 2016

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E X P L O R E : Oct 25, 2021 #8

• Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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A view from Zabriskie point at Death Valley National Park. I took this shot in the morning as the rising sun was lighting up the folds and faraway mountains. Morning sun over the Zabriskie point is an absolutely religious experience and it’s something everyone should witness at least once in their life. The badland formations and the texture of and hues of the landscape is beyond amazing as the golden light gets there just becomes outright stunning. Thanks for visiting hope you enjoy the pics…

• Dennis Banks.

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After Bryce Canyon exploration and our brief stint with the cold we went on to Moab, UT. The gateway town to both Arches and Canyonlands-Island in the sky National Parks. On our first day we decided to tackle the popular destinations and visited one of the most famous geological formations, the Mesa Arch of Canyonlands. There is a pretty short hike to get to the arch which is actually not as huge as I envisioned it but spectacular nonetheless. The only problem is the number of people at location, being one of the most photographed locations in Utah and perhaps southwest itself it's pretty popular even on a cold December morning. Thankfully I am early enough to get a decent spot, I heard some photographer to my left camped out in the location since 4 am for a sunset at 7am.

Anyways we had a nice time talking to fellow photographers about the locations and had a blast sharing tips regarding techniques. I made this pano shot once everyone started to leave after the sun burst through the horizon. This is a four shot panorama of the whole arch, with the early morning sun providing amazing light on the valley below.

Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence. The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company's twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations in Death Valley.

• Guru Nanak…

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Now let's move on to the customary shot of mesa arch, the sunburst through the arch just as the sun breaks the horizon. I had actually prepared for this a bit and through the use of this amazing app called photopills knew that the winter sun will rise to the right of the arch. So while most people were clamoring to get to the left of the arch, there were only a couple to the right side. Problem with staying to the left was that once the sun comes out you will only have a few minutes for sunburst as the arch is more open and the rising sun will soon overpower everything, while on the left side the arch opening is narrow so we had more flexibility to shoot the sunstar.

The one thing that surprised me most about the arch was how small it actually is, its tiny. Most of the photographers there were actually using fisheye lenses, I believe to accentuate the width of the arch and to get the whole thing in a single frame. But small or not this was a stunning sigh albeit a little crowded.

• Keith Miller.

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When we ended up moving to SoCal due to our career decisions, there were two things that excited me about the move. One, there was no more snow to deal with and after trying out 6 winters in New York and New England we were not sad to move to sunny Los Angeles. The other reason was the sheer number of National Parks that were available to explore. We visited Yosemite within a couple of months of moving and the next park we chose was Death Valley National Park. I was actually quite surprised to learn that many of my colleagues didn’t even know about the park that was just 4 hours away from them, in fact, I had to tell people that it was near Coachella music festival for them to get a general idea of the location of the park.

Our first visit was quite eye-opening as we went in winter and the temperature was quite toasty 90F, but the desert was stunning in its beauty and one of our favorite places to visit was the stunning Zabriskie point, a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago - long before Death Valley came into existence.

This stitched panorama shot was made of the Manly beacon during sunrise as the morning light drenched the Panamint Range. I was never fully convinced of the edits on image when I first posted it but recently after getting a bit more skilled at editing, I tried my luck again and I believe this is a much cleaner representation of the amazing vista we were lucky to witness.

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Willie, Zack, and I arrived at Death Valley in the evening, checked into our hotel, grabbed some food and began...

Our first sunrise in Death Valley proved to be our best also. Low whispy clouds refelcted the light just as the sun started to come to the horizon. ...

After the sun had gone below the horizon, the coors int eh sky were better and the entire landscape was set in that special light of the blue hour. ...

Mesa Arch, Moab

The earth's curvature is a bit too obvious on this one, but here's the previously promised panoramic stitch from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley...

Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence. The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company's twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations in Death Valley.

Canyonlands National Park

Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence.

Death Valley California, United States September 2016

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Nature in Focus ❣ Picture of the Day December 2021

Often mistakenly called Zabriskie Point, the rock formation jutting up into the sky is actually called Manly Beacon. It is the main feature in the...