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Death Valley 2013 - Day 6 - Rhyolite, Badwater, Golden Canyon

Out 6th and final day in Death Valley started out at the ghost town of Rhyolite. Given photos I had seen from Rhyolite, I was a bit disappointed when I got there to find out that most of the buildings have now been fenced off. Given the issues of vandalism and sue-happy people in modern times I can understand why this has been done, but it does mean there are distinct limitations on where you can photograph now without having fences in your images.

Following Ryholite, we continued on to Badwater to see what was there (and to say we had been to the lowest point in the continental 48 states). We ended our day walking in Golden Canyon, which is a good place to be near sundown.
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A person walks down the stream-bed-like canyon floor. The sides have yellowish colors in the nearer canyon, and on to the reds and browns of the rock layers of the farther wall pointing to the blue sky. The far-left canyon wall is dark red. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 65mm f/9 1/200s ISO200
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A person walks down the stream-bed-like canyon floor. The sides have yellowish colors in the nearer canyon, and on to the reds and browns of the rock layers of the farther wall pointing to the blue sky. The far-left canyon wall is dark red. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 65mm f/9 1/200s ISO200

A person walks down the streambedlike canyon floor. The sides have yellowish colors in the nearer canyonand on to the reds and browns of the rock layers of the farther wall pointing to the blue sky. The farleft canyon wall is dark red. 3222013Golden CanyonDeath Valley NP EF24105mm f4L IS USM 65mm f9 1200s ISO200 Death Valley National ParkCA 20130322 March 222013A person walks down the streambedlike canyon floor. The sides have yello

  • A person walks down the stream-bed-like canyon floor. The sides have yellowish colors in the nearer canyon, and on to the reds and browns of the rock layers of the farther wall pointing to the blue sky. The far-left canyon wall is dark red. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 65mm f/9 1/200s ISO200
  • A photographer on a hill sets perspective for the canyon with its hues of reds, yellows, and browns.  (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 73mm f/8 1/200s ISO200
  • A distant hiker on a hill adds perspective to the late sun on the canyon walls with their hues of reds, yellows, and browns. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 75mm f/8 1/400s ISO400
  • The last sun catches the upper canyon walls with their desert hues. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 165mm f/6.3 1/250s ISO400
  • A shaded foreground with its whitish hues leads to late sun on angled rock layers of the higher wall with hues of reds and browns. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 67mm f/7 1/160s ISO400
  • The last bits of sunlight on the red cliff in the distance, with foreground mounds of whites and yellows. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 105mm f/7 1/160s ISO400
  • Rock layers at about a 45 degree angle on the canyon wall after the sun had gone behind the mountains. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 65mm f/5 1/160s ISO400
  • Westerly view across Death Valley with the mountains of the Panamint Range and the sky glow after sunset in the distance. (3/22/2013, Golden Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br />
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 75mm f/4 1/60s ISO500
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