Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point at sunrise is Death Valley at its most iconic and picturesque.
The view of the Furnace Creek Badlands looks out at mostly “barren yellow siltstone and claystone; dark layers are basalt lava flows, and white streaks and veinlets are borate minerals.” (The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park by T. Scot Bryan and Betty Tucker-Bryan) In other words, rock that is ready to be transformed by the light.
Read MoreThe view of the Furnace Creek Badlands looks out at mostly “barren yellow siltstone and claystone; dark layers are basalt lava flows, and white streaks and veinlets are borate minerals.” (The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park by T. Scot Bryan and Betty Tucker-Bryan) In other words, rock that is ready to be transformed by the light.
