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Article: Geology lessons in Death Valley.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- February 1, 1995
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It's one of our two newest national parks, as well as a great place to appreciate geological forces at work
It's like sitting on A ledge - in space. From the top of 11,049-foot Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range, the floor of Death Valley spreads out almost 2 miles below. Practically straight down. Salt pans feather and streak the valley north of Badwater - at 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in North America - looking like clouds, not minerals.
A sense of relief at the completion of a 7-mile, 3,000-foot climb is to be expected. But this sense of geological relief is almost beyond imagining. Across the valley, a mere 20 miles away; the ...