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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…