Showing posts with label Valley of Death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valley of Death. Show all posts
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Where are the Ten Most Incredible Places You've Ever Stood? My Number 3: Standing over Dante's Inferno in the Broken Lands

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The Panamint Mountains and Telescope Peak, the highest part of Death Valley National Park, as seen from Dante's View.. Death Valley ...
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Friday, April 11, 2014

Out of the Valley of Death: What the Heck Happened at Ubehebe?

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The geology at Death Valley National Park is naked and raw. Nothing is hidden beneath a soft matte of vegetation. It's in your face, a...
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Monday, April 7, 2014

Out of the Valley of Death: Geology at Fifty-five

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One of the first things I tell my students (and occasionally even with some success) is "don't sleep while traveling in the vans...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Out of the Valley of Death: Hitting the Lowest of the Low, the Driest of the Dry, and the Hottest of the Hot

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Just how low can one go? Just how far can people descend in life before they hit bottom? In Death Valley National Park, there is a precise...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Out of the Valley of Death: Mountains Hidden Within Mountains

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I don't think there's anything nicer for a teacher of the earth sciences than to have a classroom in the outdoors. The planet is a...
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Out of the Valley of Death: Mountains and Mountains of Animals

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So many colors in a desert environment! It was the second morning of our trip into the Valley of Death, or Death Valley National Park as o...
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