Nightfall in Death Valley
Driving down those long winding roads into the Death Valley in California. Had to stop the car to get a glimpse of the sunny clouds and those extreme colors in the rocks.
Driving down those long winding roads into the Death Valley in California. Had to stop the car to get a glimpse of the sunny clouds and those extreme colors in the rocks.
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The Death Valley floor is already in the dark and we had a long way more to go. But still we were enjoying the sunlit clouds above us.
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The wind had settled down, the air was clean and clear. Time for those 5 hikers to inspect the area. The dunes in the distance look so smooth and soft.
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These bushes deserve our admiration. They still stand strong despite of hellish temperatures in the summer and ice cold winters. Sunset at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley, California.
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Depending from where the light comes, the dunes take on totally different colors and shapes.
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The sand is blowing softly across the dunes. You can feel it on your feet and legs as little tingling.
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The evening sun creates very impressive shadow formations onto the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley, California.
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These Dunes are part of Death Valley and they extend for miles and miles. You can wander around in them for hours in total seclusion and peace.
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Across Hwy 190 there are these large black mountains, dry, no grass, no bush, just nothing. While on this side the sand is soft and warm, bushes have leaves, and people enjoy their hikes.
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Right before sunset, the shadows were already getting long and dark and haze covered the mountains in the distance. These Dunes are located in the Northern part of Death Valley, California.
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In the middle of Death Valley late in the afternoon. Black Lava mountains on the right side and Mesquite Sand Dunes in the distance.
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It was a busy day cruising around in Death Valley. Then the shadows were getting longer and we were heading to the RV camp up on the hill on Hwy 190.
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In the desert almost nothing rots or falls to pieces. Here is an old coach from the Union Pacific Railroad left in Rhyolite which is a ghost town in the state of Nevada, close the Beatty on Hwy 374. Rhyolite was created in the gold rush times in 1905, in the Bullfrog Mountains.
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Can you imagine the little kids running around in this school house, looking out the windows into the valley on the other side. Wikipedia says, this town was started in 1905 by two men searching for gold. It became a town of 1,200 people in two weeks and reached a population of 2,500 by June 1905. By then it had 50 saloons, 35 gambling tables, cribs for prostitution, 19 lodging houses, 16 restaurants, half a dozen barbers, a public bath house, and a weekly newspaper. One can say, they were "busy beavers"!
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Looks like this is where the action was. They even had three story buildings. By 1907, Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a hospital, a school, an opera house, 50 saloons and a stock exchange. After a few years the ore and gold was finished and people started leaving, only a few stayed behind, until it was declared a Ghost town in 1920.
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This is what it looks like when entering Death Valley from the Nevada area around Beatty on Hwy 374.
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Most of the sunsets in Southern California look like this: a beautiful blue sky, a few little clouds, and a brilliantly bright sun. This is in Oceanside, which is about an hour North of San Diego. Behind this beach is a gorgeous little harbor with RV parking and camping.
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The sun shining through the bike stand attracted my attention. The rays curl directly around it. In the distance some people made a little fire. The beach is amazingly empty and the Pacific is calm. What a wonderful evening!
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This scene reminded me of the "Calm behind the Storm". During the day the beach is crowded and the playground is constantly occupied by happy little children. But now it's quiet, even the huge Pacific Ocean is taking time out. Oceanside is an hour North of San Diego in California along the famous Hwy 1 and Interstate 5.
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This road has lots of sharp S curves and is frequented by bikers for racing up and down the Palomar Mountain in Southern California. It's exciting to see all the Ducatis and Kawasakis racing up the mountain.
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