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Furnace Creek Formation This spot is just up the road from the temperature gauge that may have recorded the highest temperature ever measured by humans earlier this summer. This Panorama captures Zabriskie Point, an amazing, desolate landscape in the heart of Death Valley National Park. It’s a little hard to imagine, given the heat this year, but in fact all of the sediments you see in front of you were dropped down at the bottom of a lake.
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Time-lapse video by @BabakTafreshi
// The night sky evokes curiosity, activates our sense of exploration, and connects us to the past and future like no other element of nature. Being an astrophotographer, I have spent countless nights under the stars, and the show is never the same. There is always something dynamic and surprising happening up there. Here in Death Valley National Park, the iconic desert formations at Zabriskie Point appear during moonset on a special night of the year—at the peak of the Geminid meteor shower in December. Some of the light streaks at the beginning are planes and satellites, but those after moonset are mostly meteors. //
Death Valley, California
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California
Zabriskie Point badlands at the end of Furnace Creek, Death Valley
Sunrise at Zambriskie Point
Sunset at Zabriskie Point.
