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Death Valley was created when great plates of earth pushed apart, giving rise to the Amargosa and Panamint mountain ranges and dropping the valley floor 292 feet below sea level. The depression works like a convection oven, recirculating hot air and making the valley the hottest place on earth with ground-level temperatures that can reach 200 degrees in the summer.
It is also the driest place in North America, usually receiving less than 2 inches of rainfall a year. The water that washes down the mineral-rich mountainsides carries salt deposits that have formed the great salt flats that dominate the valley floor.
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It is also the driest place in North America, usually receiving less than 2 inches of rainfall a year. The water that washes down the mineral-rich mountainsides carries salt deposits that have formed the great salt flats that dominate the valley floor.
Click on any photo (NOT the thumbnail) to view it at a larger size in the lightbox.
Devil's Golf Course - the terrain of an ancient lake bed that evaporated over 2000 years ago. It crystals of almost pure table salt (95% NaCl). It is one of the largest salt pans in North America. Devil's Golf Course lies in a part of the valley that is several feet above the flood level. The pinnacles form when the salty water rises up from the mud floor. Capillary action draws the water upward, leaving a salty residue. Wind and rain work to erode and sculpt the salty spires.
Devil's Golf Course - the terrain of an ancient lake bed that evaporated over 2000 years ago. It crystals of almost pure table salt (95% NaCl). It is one of the largest salt pans in North America. Devil's Golf Course lies in a part of the valley that is several feet above the flood level. The pinnacles form when the salty water rises up from the mud floor. Capillary action draws the water upward, leaving a salty residue. Wind and rain work to erode and sculpt the salty spires.
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