basin mosaic
One of the hardest things to photograph in Death Valley, at least for me, is the view from Dantes Peak. The most popular view point overlooking Death Valley, the amount of information meeting the eye can be overwhelming to say the least. Between the patterns of the aluvial fans spreading like long fingers into the Badwater Basin, the many saltflats of different shapes and sizes, all the colors created by the different salts and minerals, the mountains decending into the valley from all sides, one feels as if looking down on a scene from a different planet. If you look in the lower left of the image, you can see a two lane paved road, giving a sense of scale to these incredible designs covering the basins floor.
