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Sailing Stones – The Racetrack, Death Valley National Park, California
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 26 April 2012
No one knows for sure why boulders move around a gorgeously vacant area of California’s Death Valley National Park called The Racetrack, but they do. Big rocks, small rocks–they all creep around the incredibly flat expanse leaving a clearly visible trail behind to mark their mysterious path. One theory is that the rocks sail across the land when the right amount of water slicks up the clay and the right amount of wind propels them across it, hence their nickname: sailing stones.
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Extremely Beautiful – Death Valley National Park, California
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 23 April 2012
To say that California’s Death Valley National Park is a land of extremes is to enter yourself in the Understatement of the Century contest. Death Valley National Park is the hottest park in the nation. On July 10, 1913 a temperature of 134 °F (56.7 °C) was measured at Furnace Creek Inn, the highest temperature ever recorded in North America. Daily summer temperatures of 120 °F (49 °C) or greater are common. On the other hand, the mercury can dip well below freezing at night in the winter. Death Valley National Park is also the driest park in the US.
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Join Me On The First Everything Everywhere Travel Photography Tour: May 5-19, 2012!
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 13 December 2011
Over the last several years I’ve had many readers comment on how they would like to be able to travel with me. Well, now you have your chance! From May 5 – May 19, I’ll be leading a travel photography tour through the American Southwest with G Adventures. The 15-day trip will be visiting many [...]
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Daily Travel Photo – Death Valley, California
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 22 November 2010
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos. No related posts.
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Death Valley
Blog: Ottsworld - 19 October 2010
In today’s society the idea of undying loyalty to an employer is quickly changing. I think I notice this most in the generation behind me, Generation Y. But the change began in my generation…X. Most of us don’t have pensions, instead we have 401K’s, we quickly learned that we had to take care of ourselves [...]
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Death Valley - Artist's Drive
Blog: of heliotropes and silver strings - 30 August 2009
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Death Valley - Devil's Golf Course
Blog: of heliotropes and silver strings - 28 August 2009
I, for one, had no idea the devil played golf. It does seem fitting though.
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Death Valley - Ubehebe Crater
Blog: of heliotropes and silver strings - 23 August 2009
Ubehebe Crater
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Death Valley - Scotty's Castle
Blog: of heliotropes and silver strings - 20 August 2009
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
Blog: of heliotropes and silver strings - 18 August 2009
Mesquite Flat Sand DunesI learned a very important lesson from the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. Actually, two important lessons.
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Death Valley, epitome of the desert I love
Blog: of heliotropes and silver strings - 14 August 2009
On the road in Death Valley
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