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Death Valley Road Trip Part 5

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Most of the second full day at Death Valley! 

See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4

The next day we drove up to Ubehebe Crater. This northern part of the park was painted yellow in Desert Sunflowers bloom:

There were other flowers too, like this striking Notch-leaved phacelia:

And some Browneyes or Browneyed Primrose (Chylismia claviformis):

The volcanic Ubehebe Crater with person (me) for scale. My wife shot with a Fujifilm X100V camera using a film simulation that’s similar to Kodachrome 64:

Here’s what I was gazing at through my Fujifilm X-T5 using the more saturated Velvia film simulation to really make the colors pop:

Here’s the volcanic crater from the top at the north side:

And at the same place, a nice vista of the surrounding northern-most part of Death Valley:

We headed back south, so we took an opportunity to pull over to gaze at some incredible mountains:

Uh-oh. A collection of shoes. What could this mean‽:

The Mesquite Sand Dunes. Clearly, the dunes are famous for gladly taking shoes and socks that people remove and forget (‽) about. Kind people must collect them hoping that the footwear will be reunited with their owners (or someone desperate for footwear):

 Mesquite Dunes and faulted mountains:

That’s it for today. Stay tuned for Part 6.

See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4