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Death Valley 2013 - Day 1 - Artists Drive Loop

Our first day at Death Valley started and ended at our campground at the Panamint Springs Resort, but the bulk of our photographic time during the day was spent photographing around the Artists Drive loop road in the park. These are all things you can photograph without walking very far from your car.

With this trip being in mid-March, the temperatures at our campground were in the mid 70s (F), but the temperatures got a lot hotter when you got below sea level, with the temperatures at Furnace Creek in the low 90s (but with humidity below 10%).
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NE view of a cactus behind the RV park. The Panamint Valley and the Panamint Range are in the background. (Shot with tilt lens.) (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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NE view of a cactus behind the RV park. The Panamint Valley and the Panamint Range are in the background. (Shot with tilt lens.) (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)

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NE view of a cactus behind the RV park. The Panamint Valley and the Panamint Range are in the background. Shot with tilt lens. 3172013Panamint Springs ResortDeath Valley Trip TSE24mm f3.5L II 24mm f9 1320s ISO125 Panamint SpringsDeath ValleyCA 20130317 March 1720133172013Death Valley Trip Panamint SpringsDeath Valley Trip

  • SE view of the Panamint Springs sign, gas station, and restaurant. (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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  • Westerly view of old mining equipment. (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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  • NE view of rusted junk behind the RV park, including a metal bin labeled "Futurism = Turism". The Panamint Valley, Panamint Dunes (sandy area on left in front of the mountains) and the Panamint Range are in the background. (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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  • NE view of rusted junk behind the RV park, including a metal bin labeled "Futurism = Turism". The Panamint Valley, Panamint Dunes (sandy area on left in front of the mountains) and the Panamint Range are in the background. (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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  • NE view of a cactus behind the RV park. The Panamint Valley and the Panamint Range are in the background. (Shot with tilt lens.) (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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  • Plaque describing the history of Panamint Springs. (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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  • Panamint Springs Resort sign with roadrunner logo and fuel prices (about 50% higher than Sacramento). (3/17/2013, Panamint Springs Resort, Death Valley Trip)<br />
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  • Lynda taking photos beside my tripod and camera bag of multiple colors of reds, browns, and faint greens in the mountains under deep blue sky. (3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • Multiple colors of reds and browns in the mountains under deep blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • Artists Drive leads to mountains with multiple colors of reds, browns, and yellows under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • Mountains with multiple colors of reds, browns, yellows, and faint greens under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • Light green bushes in the foreground with mountains with multiple colors of reds, browns, yellows, and faint greens in the background under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • Light green bushes in the foreground with mountains with multiple colors of reds and browns in the background under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • A textured hill of reds and browns under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • A light-green bush in the foreground leads to a textured hill of reds and browns under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • A light-green bush in the foreground leads to a textured hill of reds and browns under partly-cloudy blue sky.Two loops of Artists Drive in front of the colorful mountains of reds, yellows, and browns under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • The last sunlight hits mountains of reds, browns, and yellows under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • The last sunlight hits mountains of reds, browns, and yellows under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • The last sunlight catches the tips of the colorful mountains of reds, browns, yellows, and greens under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br />
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  • Northerly shots of the salt flats of death valley, distant mountains, and a few clouds, shot a bit after sunset. (3/17/2013, Badwater Road, Death Valley NP)<br />
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