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Gallery: Death Valley National Park Geology

Death Valley National Park Geology

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Geological GigaPans from Death Valley National Park and the immediate vicinity.

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Ron Schott
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February 26, 2012
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  1. View from Scotty's grave. Soctty's castle is a Spanish-stlye house built by insurance executive Albert Johnson in grapevine canyon in what is now Death Valley National Park. The name is supplied by Walter Scott (AKA Death Vallsy Scotty) a local legend, and friend of the Johnsons. Construction began in 1922, but the ...

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  2. Sand dunes in the Saline Valley of Death Valley National Park

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  3. Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located in Death Valley National Park in the United States. The name Zabriskie comes from Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, who in the early 20th century was the vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, whose famous twenty mule teams were used to tra...

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  4. How do they move? Why do they race? Which will win?

  5. Here's my scientific effort to document the mysterious racing rocks of Racetrack Valley (www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/deathvalley/rocks.html Will open in a new tab or window). I chose a high vantage point on the south side of the playa, near the bedrock source of the racing rocks. This GigaPan was taken near noon on May 28, 2010. It'll be interes...

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  7. The whole course is a "salt trap".

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  9. A picture of Artist's Pallette in Death Valley, CA. I've calculated this at around 45 megapixels, and was stitched together by hand in Photoshop.

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  10. One of the classic morning shots in Death Valley National Park - surprisingly, I had the viewpoint all to myself when I arrived. These are mostly Tertiary sediments that have been significantly tilted in their relatively short geological lifetime - an indication of how active the tectonics of this region are.

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