Badwater to The Racetrack
Death Valley Trip 2013 | Day 4
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
As usual, I was up and taking down my campsite while it was still dark out. Thanks to the long nights this time of the year I still managed to get plenty of sleep and was wide awake. I drove back to Badwater and hiked out to the salt polygons before dawn.
The 11,049 foot Telescope Peak and the rest of the Panamint Range stand tall over Badwater Basin (282 feet below sea level) at dawn.
Telescope Peak Dawn by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
Sunlight strikes the Panamint Range across Death Valley.
Badwater Sunrise by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr
There were endless compositions with all the different, yet similar, shapes in the salt. This large polygon caught my eye as I hiked around the area.
Salt Polygons by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr