Devils Golf Course. Evaporated salt has formed into gnarled, complex crystalline shapes on the salt pan of Death Valley National Park, one of the largest salt pans in the world. The shapes are constantly evolving as occasional floods submerge the salt concretions before receding and depositing more salt.
Location: Devils Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 20602
Sunrise lights Telescope Peak as it rises over the salt flats of Badwater, Death Valley. At 11,049 feet, Telescope Peak is the highest peak in the Panamint Range as well as the highest point in Death Valley National Park. At 282 feet below sea level, Badwater is the lowest point in North America.
Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 20603
Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22504
Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22505
Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22509
Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22510
Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22511
Steam is released from a geothermal power generation plant near the Salton Sea in Imperial County. Geothermal power generation uses steam heated deep within the Earth's crust to power turbines and generate electricity. Imperial County has more than 11 known geothermal fields in the Brawley and Salton Sea areas and holds great potential for the generation of electicity by tapping into this geothermal energy source.
Location: Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22520
Sheepeater Cliffs, an example of columnar jointing in basalt due to shrinkage during cooling.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19794
Food vendors at the Del Mar Fair, famous for their tasty, greasy, salty, fattening and generally unwholesome food, which visitors eat by the ton. Bright lights at night.
Location: Del Mar Fair, California
Image ID: 20874
Food vendors at the Del Mar Fair, famous for their tasty, greasy, salty, fattening and generally unwholesome food, which visitors eat by the ton. Bright lights at night.
Location: Del Mar Fair, California
Image ID: 20879
Food vendors at the Del Mar Fair, famous for their tasty, greasy, salty, fattening and generally unwholesome food, which visitors eat by the ton. Bright lights at night.
Location: Del Mar Fair, California
Image ID: 20880
Food vendors at the Del Mar Fair, famous for their tasty, greasy, salty, fattening and generally unwholesome food, which visitors eat by the ton. Bright lights at night.
Location: Del Mar Fair, California
Image ID: 20881
Food vendors at the Del Mar Fair, famous for their tasty, greasy, salty, fattening and generally unwholesome food, which visitors eat by the ton. Bright lights at night.
Location: Del Mar Fair, California
Image ID: 20882