All photos are © Copyright Stefan Bäurle.
Foreign Territory.
Death Valley National Park, California.
Foreign Territory.
Death Valley National Park, California.
Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park is a very strange place - in a highly intriguing sort of way. It is also the lowest point in North America with an elevation of 86 meters (282 feet) below sea level.
Salt Desert.
The top of the Black Mountains in Death Valley National Park offers a majestic view of the Badwater Basin below.
Dante’s View.
Daylight Pass Road in Death Valley towards Beatty, NV
Good Times.
I posted already a photo from this spot in Death Valley earlier. However, the light was changing so fast that I was able to make quite a few shots that all have different feeling to them. This one is towards the end of the blue hour just before the was starting to rise.
Blue Hour at Zabriskie Point.
While visiting Death Valley I also made stop at the ghost town of Rhyolite. It is located near the eastern edge of the national park. At its heyday Rhyolite had by some estimates a population of up to 5,000 during the gold rush in the early 20th century. However, once the ores were exhausted the population quickly dropped to zero again by 1920.
This photo is a long exposure shot of the John S. Cook & Company Bank building. It was completed and opened for business in January 1908. The reported cost of the building is $90,000. The safe’s inside vault weighed 6,600 pounds and could hold a million dollars in coin.
John S. Cook & Co. Bank.
Rhyolite is an intriguing place and I would highly recommend a stop if you’re in the vicinity.
I am slowly working through all the photos from the recent G+ trip to Death Valley. This shot from the Mesquite Dunes was made very early in morning. It is quite an experience walking into these dunes for about an hour in the night to find a good spot for the sun to rise. The title is inspired by the fact that I walked into a desert and forgot to take any water with me (greenhorn!). As you can imagine I was quite dried out towards the end of this shoot and very happy to be back at my car where several bottles of water waited.
Heat.
A day is ending at Badwater Basin. The second photo from the fantastic G+ meetup in Death Valley last weekend. I barely made it in time to get to this location. So there were only a few minutes left with decent light. Still I think this one turned out quite interesting.
Fire and Ice.
