We camped 2 nights in Valley of fire park (Nevada)
Fire wave loop to white dome and movie set.
Arch
Seven sisters
Silica dome/fire canyon
So we joined YW's parents in Death valley.
Badwater basin: 282ft below sea level. Lowest in north America.
134 degrees F, hottest place on earth!
Zabriskie point:
AB: "It's like marble cake!"
Once lake filled death valley. Fine silt, volcanic ash deposited on the bottom with clay, sandstone and siltstone. Volcanic activity: lava that ooze out onto ancient lakebed.
Artist palate
Ubehebe Carter 1 hr from furnace creek campground: 2k years old, half mile across, 500ft deep. Intense pressure builds steam and rock explode to create the crater. 1.5mi rim walk was really fun: get to see Little Hebe (smaller craters), and a 360 view of the crater.
Mosaic canyon: 3mi rt
Noonday dolomite. Patterns of swirling marble
