While reviewing my files from Death Valley one last time, I came across two wide angle views that hadn’t caught my eye earlier. I’ve chosen to publish them today, my last pictures from Death Valley, I think. This first picture was taken from the road along the east side of the valley, looking south. It…

Mesquite Dunes is an area of Death Valley National Park where, as the name implies the landscape is one of sand dunes we typically associate with a desert. It was my favourite area of the park, very picturesque and an excellent subject for photography. Less than one percent of the Death Valley desert is covered…

Today’s post will focus on the rugged and colourful rock formations we saw during our recent visit to Death Valley National Park. We concentrated our visit in the Furnace Creek area in the southwestern section of the park. Today’s pictures are from Artists’ Drive, Zabriskie Point and 20 Mule Train Canyon located in this area….

This week we traveled to Death Valley National Park, about 7 hours by automobile from the Phoenix area. Death Valley is located in California, along its border with Nevada, two hours northwest of Las Vegas. First discovered by non-natives in 1849, the area was designated a National Monument in 1933 and then a National Park…