Death Valley NP
Ein Geologe den ich am ersten Ausflugsziel im Park, dem Zabriskie Point, traf, erkundete dort mit seinen Studenten die Tektonik der speziellen Gegend und sprach beim Death Valley vom "huge spreading center" - beim späteren Blick ins Tal vom ca. 2.000m höher gelegenen "Dante's Peak" sollte mir klar werden was er meinte! Die auseinanderdriften Platten formen durch Ihre Bewegung so nicht nur zwei beeindruckende Bergketten an Ihren Seiten, sondern mit bis zu 100m unterhalb des Meeresspiegels auch das tiefste Tal der Welt ...
This truly doesn't look like our planet at first sight, yet again the colors and shapes formed by the heat, dryness and tectonics is absolutely fascinating.
At first it was a tough decision weather to see the sun rise at Zabriskie Point or Dante's Peak. It turned out in the end that due to the constantly changing colors it in fact didn't matter much, and arriving at the peak two hours later still presented the valley in an equally fascinating color set.
See how quickly colors changed - this pano was taken just 30 minutes after the previous shot 'Zabriskie Sunrise'.
Insanely wide reaching view from Dante's Peak allowing this beautiful scene when following the Northern end of the valley.
This HDR panorama was shot from dates peak nicely capturing the two tectonic plats spreading apart and creating Death Valley in between.
