Goodbye Death Valley
Honestly, how cool could you be? (Pun intended, it was suuper hot!)
Death Valley: Tuesday, Sand Dunes
On our last day in Death Valley, we do wake up early enough to catch the sunrise at the sand dunes!
The dunes are caught in an eddy in the valley, they circle about the same area. This morning we were nearly alone as we explored the morning colours and patterns
Death Valley: Tuesday, Mosaic Canyon
Our final stop in Death Valley is to mosaic canyon. In some parts the walls of the canyon are made the stones that have been washed away in mud and that conglomerate has turned to rock. Water has cut through it and polished it so now it resembles a mosaic.
We walked a fair way up the canyon, through some obstacles that we had to clamber over (rock falls like the movies). But I think the most beautiful part was only a couple of hundred metres in, where all the smoothest, waviest parts are.
Death Valley: Monday, Zabriskie Point
For sunset we head to Zabriskie Point. We saw the viewing platform above us from the Golden Trail. Looking west from the lookout, we can see where we walked earlier today. The eastern outlook looks over more rolling hills and a craggy mountain in the distance, which lights up as the sun casts its final rays for the day.
You can see all the strata in the mountains behind Anna in the photo
Twilight on an incredible day in Death Valley
Death Valley: Monday, Artists Palette
A short drive through hills (mountains?) that have been coloured by a bunch of different minerals, the photos don’t quite do it justice
