Death Valley needs no introduction. It is magical, magisterial and brutal. It has the highest ground temperature ever recorded on Earth - 201˚F. These images are of several trips over many years, the last of which was March 2024, when recent torrential rains created a lake centered in Badwater which resulted in once-in-a-generation water reflections in the Park.
I've also included images from park-adjacent towns like Lone Pine, Olancha and the fascinating tiny ex-mining town, almost ghost town and current striving-to-be art colony of remote Darwin (pop 43).
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![Darwin](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/7aa4a88a-7ee1-42d7-a4bb-aa5648da6b52_rw_1920.jpg?h=3cf1304c613fecba061b96e01af72640)
Darwin
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![Darwin](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/fec3db51-f131-4109-aa9f-df5aac77f624_rw_1920.jpg?h=5f501671faf9b864b9399ce02ed21a0b)
Darwin
![Panamint Springs](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/2809cd80-d0a9-4dd2-9fae-9278e881dd28_rw_1920.jpg?h=9fb5abf86e1f096ce2893f694f53ce67)
Panamint Springs
![Panamint Springs](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/535d361f-d738-4137-8f1b-e57399ec7230_rw_1920.jpg?h=b4ba776cd9dcbd8cf88a234a964badaa)
Panamint Springs
![Panamint Springs](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/4bdafd8c-85e1-4584-b785-75b73dd0b122_rw_1920.jpg?h=36aec3d12fdc42560b000e210dfea0e2)
Panamint Springs
![Panamint Springs](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/2c470467-96aa-4fd9-8e67-52683a48732e_rw_1920.jpg?h=c3840456049f07bcf35a907a7c012123)
Panamint Springs
![Panamint Springs](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/a0a6ddd2-8ec5-4cc7-aca2-e8f0cbde2df2_rw_1920.jpg?h=75ec25f1dbd932d788eeb03429d555ca)
Panamint Springs
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![Alabama Hills](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/f339b4c3-eb05-4a8e-8597-3ac4de4df52d_rw_1920.jpg?h=f03b0ec498d2ba82e63bdc77229638a1)
Alabama Hills
![Trona](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/0954a418-9146-4873-873d-92add9cf2507_rw_1920.jpg?h=1815d50767b030c564cb1ef0d2c9abb8)
Trona
![Trona](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/24b69f8b-5668-4646-8335-4d66166e00c9_rw_1920.jpg?h=9c1f54309f5996f00dd5d92acd706102)
Trona
![Trona](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/4549458c-f001-4d93-8f82-10ef03d7eb75_rw_1920.jpg?h=9016dcd22d3ed3df8b5d297b4925d476)
Trona
![Trona](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/fe1d08c2-b6d5-4517-98fe-336f45e295bb_rw_1920.jpg?h=6eb0051e8c73a47528525ae6c0c5483a)
Trona
![Trona](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/8410c72e-da18-4c98-a5da-0c3252b9dc01_rw_1920.jpg?h=5b4b72ca3c29e31317c7cebb182ecc70)
Trona
![Death Valley](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/cd18ef43-2700-4f41-805d-a52b51f73c85_rw_1920.jpg?h=c0b5b1c1e6d87bd166398337b75f748c)
Death Valley
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![Death Valley](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/1c0df452-590f-40dd-bc46-1719a4b2e8ec_rw_1200.jpg?h=f21ecfea1ada944d83f565cb96afa3fd)
Death Valley
![Death Valley](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/264d1d51-442b-4069-ba2f-a1f0d61e958d_rw_1920.jpg?h=30166a4a784ce561312dfd9aa1bb9a69)
Death Valley
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Death Valley
![Death Valley](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/30a24a11-d24f-4450-9ade-1bdc7ca72312_rw_1920.jpg?h=bc5c2b7f84327f9d76dbd39a6a18490d)
Death Valley
![Olancha CA](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/b9ff8fc1-0ce7-4980-b9e0-3e336a0f8caa/aabd3607-0314-44e3-84ae-86ef606023ba_rw_1920.jpg?h=a9b71dbb951ad3b5bb43959aa2a2643a)