Lake
beds and alluvial fans
These are the same sets of Tertiary lake beds seen on the way to Scotty's Castle. The white areas on the valley floor are the salt pans of the Badwater area. On the far valley wall, there are alluvial fans forming bajadas.
Lake
beds
These lake beds are the ultimate source of the borax that was mined in Death Valley. The sediments themselves are sandstones and shales (a finer-grained version of sandstone).
Lake
beds and lava flows
The dark brown layer capping the ridge in the middle ground is a lava flow.
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Recognize these guys?
Back row, L-R: Ali, Jay, Chris, Laura, Sean, Steve, Jeanne, Howie, Debra, Matt, Kristin.
Middle row, L-R: Maria, Elena, Kaitlin, Janell, Melissa, larry
Front row, L to R: Crisdan, Anthony, Francesca, Julie, Zenia, Corey.
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And here they are again (with a slightly different overexposed background!).
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