Hi gang. It's true... I've come down with a bad case of the desert bug. I've been tossing around the idea of returning to the desert for a camping trip, and I finally decided that I'm going to go next month. With that being said, I'll be showing a few photos from my last trip to the national park.
Another favorite feature of mine are the clusters of sand dunes found throughout the park. This photo was taken while climbing around Mesquite Dunes. Seeing the dunes was a bit surprising to me. I always pictured sand dunes stretching into the distance, as far as the eye can see. Nope. Almost all of Death Valley is rocky, gravely, desert... then all of a sudden there is a MASSIVE pile of sand, making the dunes. It's strange indeed.
This is part of the Racetrack Playa; a dry lake bed that occasionally collects a few inches of rainwater each year. This is also the location of the infamous Sailing/Moving Stones of Death Valley. The Racetrack is just awesome. It's huge! AND it's incredibly flat. It is about 3 miles long and nearly 1.5 miles wide. Going in the longer directions, the 3 mile one, there is only around 1 and a half inches difference in elevation. I haven't been to a place quite like it since. I'm eager to return and do some night photography this time!
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