2. Death Valley

Death_Valley_Panoramas

These are compressed, reduced size versions of panoramas that run from 50 to 700 megabytes as .tif's for viewing. Most are available for digital download and cropped printing. Contents: Racetrack Valley Last Chance Mountain Summit Pans Telescope Peak and Saddle Panoramas Dante's View: Night and Day The Valley Floor Panamint Valley
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The Racetrack: Natures original dirt track race<br /> The propulsion here is totally blown out.<br /> <br /> Every few years, when the playa surface is wet, there are episodes of winds high enough to slide rocks across the slick lakebed. The paths of the rocks can be tracked by the trails left in the muddy surface.
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The Racetrack: Natures original dirt track race
The propulsion here is totally blown out.

Every few years, when the playa surface is wet, there are episodes of winds high enough to slide rocks across the slick lakebed. The paths of the rocks can be tracked by the trails left in the muddy surface.

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  • The Racetrack: Natures original dirt track race<br /> The propulsion here is totally blown out.<br /> <br /> Every few years, when the playa surface is wet, there are episodes of winds high enough to slide rocks across the slick lakebed. The paths of the rocks can be tracked by the trails left in the muddy surface.
  • Racetrack-Grandstand
  • Racetrack-Grandstand Sequence<br /> View2; Zoom in on the grandstand for View 3<br /> original: 2866 x 961
  • Racetrack-Grandstand Sequence<br /> View 3<br /> original: 1201 x 403
  • Ubehebe Crater<br /> Formed about 600 years ago when hot magma flashed ground water into steam.<br /> Northern Death Valley
  • Last Chance Mountain Summit Panorama Western to Northern View February 11, 2006 <a href="http://dbdimages.smugmug.com/photos/75390754_AJtkL-O.jpg"TARGET="blank">View at 8200x500</a> Use your browser's zoom function if necessary. This image is available for purchase as a 27980x1714 pixel original sized <a href="http://www.smugmug.com/prints/digital-downloads">digital download</a> or as a <a href="http://dbdimages.smugmug.com/gallery/1904456">cropped panoramic print</a>.
  • Last Chance Mountain Panorama <br /> Southern Through Northern View <br /> Expanded vertically about the horizon and contrast enhanced.<br /> <br /> A small subset of the visible peaks list includes:<br /> Tin Mtn, Dry Mtn, New York Butte, Keynot Peak, Mt Inyo, Mt Langley, Mt Whitney, Mt Williamson, Waucoba Mtn, Split Mtn, the Palisades, Mt Emerson, Mt Humphreys, Basin Peak, Mt Tom, Mt Bancroft, White Mtn, and Boundary Peak from left to right.
  • Last Chance Mountain Panorama <br /> Southern Through Northern View <br /> Expanded vertically about the horizon and contrast enhanced. Bearings have been added in red a ten degree intervals and in black at one degree intervals.<br /> <br /> A marked subset of the visible peaks list includes:<br /> Tin Mountain,Telescope Peak,Dry Mountain,Maturango Peak,Galena7696/2347,Coso Peak,Cerro Gordo Peak,‘Silver Spear’,P9690,New York Butte,Keynot Peak,Mount Inyo,Cirque Peak,Mount Langley,Lone Pine Peak,Mount Corcoran,Mount Irvine,Mount Muir,Mount Whitney,Mount Russell,Tunnabora Peak,Mount Barnard,Trojan Peak,Mount Williamson,Mount Tyndal,Mount Keith,Mount Bradley,Waucoba Mountain,Kearsarge Peak,Squaw Peak,Black Mountain,Diamond Peak,Acrodectes Peak,Colosseum Mountain,Mount Perkins,Mount Pinchot,Striped Mountain,Cardinal Mountain,Split Mountain,Birch Mountain,The Thumb,Middle Palisade,Norman Clyde Peak,Palisade Crest,Mount Sill,North Palisade,Starlight Peak,Thunderbolt Peak,Mount Winchell,Mount Agassiz,Cloudripper,Mount Haeckel,Mount Darwin,Mount Mendel,Mount Lamark,Mount Emerson,Mount Humphreys,Basin Mountain,Four Gables,Mount Tom,Mount Julius Caesar,Bear Creek Spire,Mount Dade,Mount Abbot,Mount Morgan,Cold,unnamedCounty Line Hill,Sheep Mountain,Piute Mountain,Mount Barcroft,White Mountain,Headley Peak,Mount Dubois,Montgomery Peak,Boundary Peak,Piper Peak.
  • Last Chance Mountain Panorama Eastern/Southern View <a href="http://dbdimages.smugmug.com/photos/75401145_3ZL7e-O.jpg"TARGET="blank">View at 11,000x400</a> Use your browser's zoom function as necessary. This image is available for purchase as a19337 x700 pixel original sized <a href="http://www.smugmug.com/prints/digital-downloads">digital download</a> or as a <a href="http://dbdimages.smugmug.com/gallery/1904456">cropped panoramic print</a>.
  • Last Chance Mountain Panorama Eastern/Southern View Enhanced contrast processed. The left half of the image skyline shows: Magruder Mtn, Gold Mtn, and Grapevine Peak. The right half of the image skyline includes: Tin Mtn, Dry Mtn, New York Butte, Keynot Peak, Mt Inyo, Mt Langley, Mt Whitney, Mt Wiliamson, Waucoba Mtn, and Squaw Peak. <a href="http://www.dbdimages.com/photos/75401190_FQXMa-O.jpg"TARGET="blank">View large in another window.</a> Use your viewer's zoom function if necessary and be sure to use the sliders.
  • The Northern and Eastern View from the top of Telescope Peak<br /> Nov. 5, 2006<br /> This view includes the top of the western headwall of the basin formed by the three branches of Hanaupah Canyon. The three canyons join and discharge a large aluvial fan onto the west side of the Death Valley salt pan.
  • The Eastern View from the saddle just north of Telescope Peak<br /> Nov. 5, 2006<br /> This view is from the top of the western headwall of the basin formed by the three branches of Hanaupah Canyon. The three canyons join and discharge a large aluvial fan onto the west side of the Death Valley salt pan.<br /> The next two images are from a cut along the horizon of this image. The first has bearings compass bearings marked. The second has bearings and peak names. A partial list of visible peaks and features follows:<br /> <br /> Point5350, Point 7913, Quartzite Mountain, Mejklejohn Peak, Bore Mountain, North, Timber Peak, Timber Peak, South Timber Peak, Nevares Peak, Winter Peak, Point7112, Colville Ridge, Shoshone Peak, radio towers, Point880+, Point5960+, Point5330, Lookout Peak, Point0830, Schwaub Peak, Skull Mountain, Hole in the Wall, Point6015, Point 5320+, Point3960+, Point 6259, Pyramid Peak, Point4615, Point5023, Point5300, Point5488, Point3130, Devair, Mount Montgomery, Point4144, Mount Perry, lowest point, Hanaupah Canyon Rd, Bonanza Peak, Badwater, McFarland Peak, Dante Peak, Shadow Mountain, Mummy Mountain, Coffin Peak, Charleston Peak, Ryan, Griffith Peak, Point5500, Point1533m, Stewart, Point5620, Point3550, Point3300, Pahrump, Coffin Canyon, Potosi Mountain, Nopah Peak, Point5400+, Copper Canyon, Funeral Peak, Point5740, Point5105, Point4910, Point5021, Point5035, Kingston Peak, Mormon Point, Clark Mountain N, Smith Mountain, Point1981, Desert Hound Peak, Point7144, New York Mountain, Ashford Peak, Point 7800+, Point 8170, Shoreline Butte, Mitchell Peak, Edgar Peak, Point1761m, Point1789m.
  • View West without enhancement, proscribed burns in the Sierra National Forest are taking their toll on visibility.<br /> Telescope Peak<br /> Nov. 5, 2006<br /> Stitched from the same images as the previous panorama.
  • The Western View from Telescope Peak <br /> At sunrise with contrast enhancement<br /> Nov. 5, 2006<br /> <br /> This is a narrow cut along the northwest horizon from 200 degrees true clockwise to 10 degrees. Bearing markings have been added. Look for your favorite peaks! How many can you find?<br /> A partial list is as follows:<br /> Pleasant View Ridge, Waterman Mountain, Pacifico Mountain, Mount Gleason, Government Peak, Almond Mountain, Red Mountain, Dome Mountain, Searles Lake, Point North Slate, El Paso Mountains, Black Mountain, Argus Peak, Middle Knob, Double Mountain, Cummings Mountain, Point8740, Bear Mountain, Big Pine Mountain, Piute Peak, Owens Peak, Sawtooth Peak, Bartolas Country, Parrot Point, Parkinson Peak, Maturango Peak, Sherman Peak, Lookout Peak, Silver Peak, Smith Mountain, Round Mountain, Coso Peak, Point7450, Olancha Peak, Kern Peak, Vandever Mountain, Florence Peak, Rainbow Mountain, Needham Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Mush Mountain, Trail Peak, Mount Kaweah, Cirque Peak, Joe Devil Peak, Mount Chamberlin, Mount Langley, Mount Corcoran, Mount Whitney, Mount Russell, Mount Williamson, Mount Tyndall, Mount Keith, Mount Bradley, University Peak, Black Mountain, Cerro Gordo Peak, New York Peak, Mount Goddard, Mount Pinchot, Keynot Peak, Mount Inyo, Split Mountain, North Palisade, Mount Sill, Lake Hill, Galena Peak, Mount Tom, Jackass Peak, Waucoba Mountain, Point3341m, Squaw Peak, Hunter Mountain, Panamint Butte, Piute Mountain, Mount Barcroft, Mount Nunn, White Mountain, Dry Mountain, Pinto Peak, White Top Mountain, Point8261, Last Chance Mountain, Tin Mountain, Point6250, Magruder Mountain, Point633, Point8460, Tucki Mountain, Bennett Peak, Grapevine Peak, Wahguyhe Peak, Stonewall Mountain, Rogers Peak, Thimble Peak, Wildrose Peak, Corkscrew Peak, Point6136, Point6056, Tolicha Peak, Point6075, Point5064, Sawtooth Mountain, and also Owens Lake, Searles Lake, Panamint Dunes<br /> <br /> This image was shot from 36deg 10.191'N 117deg 05.362'W<br /> at an elevation of 11,049 feet.
  • The Western View from Telescope Peak At sunrise with contrast enhancement Nov. 5, 2006 This is a narrow cut along the northwest horizon from 200 degrees true clockwise to 10 degrees. Bearing markings and peak names have been added. Look for your favorite peaks! How many did you find? A marked list is as follows: Pleasant View Ridge, Waterman Mountain, Pacifico Mountain, Mount Gleason, Government Peak, Almond Mountain, Red Mountain, Dome Mountain, Searles Lake, Point North Slate, El Paso Mountains, Black Mountain, Argus Peak, Middle Knob, Double Mountain, Cummings Mountain, Point8740, Sorrell Peak, Piute Peak, Owens Peak, Sawtooth Peak, Bartolas Country, Parrot Point, Parkinson Peak, Maturango Peak, Sherman Peak, Lookout Peak, Silver Peak, Smith Mountain, Point8458, Round Mountain, Coso Peak, Point7450, Olancha Peak, Kern Peak, Vandever Mountain, Florence Peak, Rainbow Mountain, Needham Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Mush Mountain, Trail Peak, Mount Kaweah, Cirque Peak, Ash Hill, Joe Devil Peak, Mount Chamberlin, Mount Langley, Mount Corcoran, Mount Whitney, Mount Russell, Mount Williamson, Mount Tyndall, Mount Keith, Mount Bradley, University Peak, Black Mountain, Cerro Gordo Peak, New York Peak, Mount Goddard, Mount Pinchot, Keynot Peak, Mount Inyo, Split Mountain, North Palisade, Mount Sill, Lake Hill, Galena Peak, Mount Tom, Jackass Peak, Waucoba Mountain, Point3341m, Squaw Peak, Hunter Mountain, Panamint Butte, Point8070, Piute Mountain, Mount Barcroft, Mount Nunn, White Mountain, Dry Mountain, Pinto Peak, White Top Mountain, Point8261, Last Chance Mountain, Tin Mountain, Point6250, Magruder Mountain, Point633, Point8460, Tucki Mountain, Bennett Peak, Grapevine Peak, Wahguyhe Peak, Stonewall Mountain, Rogers Peak, Thimble Peak, Wildrose Peak, Corkscrew Peak, Point6136, Point6056, Tolicha Peak, Point6075, Point5064, Sawtooth Mountain Searles Lake, Panamint Dunes This image was shot from 36deg 10.191'N 117deg 05.362'W at an elevation of 11,049 feet. <a href="http://dbdimages.smugmug.com/gallery/2252929">More Information on Marked Peaks</a>
  • <h2>Now in Video!</h2> <h3>Telescope Peak Panorama</h3> This is the previous panorama converted to a video. Free Quicktime player software must be installed on your computer to play the video. As a video, this is a LARGE file not recommended for slow web connections
  • The Eastern View from just north of Telescope Peak with a few labels.<br /> Nov. 5, 2006<br /> This view is from the top of the western headwall of the basin formed by the three branches of Hanaupah Canyon. The three canyons join and discharge a large aluvial fan onto the west side of the Death Valley salt pan.
  • West on the left (Panamint Valley and the Sierras),<br /> North in the center (Bennett and Rogers) and <br /> East on the right (Death Valley, Badwater, the Funeral Range)<br /> from the saddle north of Telescope Peak<br /> Nov. 5, 2006
  • The Western View from Telescope Peak <br /> At sunrise with contrast enhancement<br /> Nov. 5, 2006
  • The Eastern View from just north of Telescope Peak<br /> Nov. 5, 2006<br /> This view is from the top of the western headwall of the basin formed by the three branches of Hanaupah Canyon. The three canyons join and discharge a large aluvial fan onto the west side of the Death Valley salt pan.
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