A popular spot in Death Valley National Park is a high prominence known as Dante’s View. It is named for Dante Alighieri, author of Divina Commedia (The Devine Comedy). This seems rather fitting as, while it is beautiful, you can probably find plenty of the circles of Hell in Death Valley, especially in summer. On this evening standing at the edge of the 5600 foot elevation and looking over Badwater Basin which is nearly 300 feet below sea level I wasn’t hot, I was darn near hypothermic as I wasn’t really dressed to be there. My car thermometer said it was just over 40 degrees Fahrenheit but that does no justice to the insane winds that are created in such a radical elevation change. I had no way to measure but I guarantee some of the gusts were over 30mph and felt like they blew right through the thin hiking pants I was wearing – just an hour earlier I was sweating in those pants and only a tee shirt on the valley floor.
At least my suffering was rewarded with some beautiful color in the moody sky as the sun dropped over the Panamint Range to the west (camera left)
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Yellow Mounds Overlook at Bandlands National Park, South Dakota
Date: May 17, 2016
Photographer: Lena K Aubrey
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Intricate cascading roots on a Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla.
Olympic National Park| 11-30-2023
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Manly Beacon and Red Cathedral as the blue hour gave way to the golden hour - Death Valley National Park
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Joshua Tree, February 2024
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Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Date: May 17, 2016
Photographer: Lena K Aubrey
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Jasper National Park, Canada
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