Postcards from the University of North Carolina

Geology 184 trip, March 1998

Page two: Death Valley

Tilted sedimentary rocks at Zabriskie Point.

Contemplating the deeper mysteries of desert pavement and desert varnish.

 

Shower bedding of basaltic tephra around the margin of Ubehebe Crater.

Racetrack playa. OK, what made it move?

 

Hmmmm, maybe Clementine did.

Students engage in illegal wagering. (Photo by Charlie Jones)

Now WHY do they call it Mosaic Canyon?

Hiking over polished marble in Mosaic Canyon.

Mesquite Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells.

Looking across central Death Valley (282 feet below sea level) toward Telescope Peak (11,049 feet).

 

At the Devil's Golf Course, still smiling!

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