Geology of Death Valley, California
through photos

Death Valley's definitely one of my very favorite places, as a geologist and as a photographer. It's been that way since I first started visiting regularly in 1984. The stark landscape, the incredible variety of rock types and ages, the light... there is so much variety and abundance of geological features that I always see new things. Here is a selection of 20 images that show some of the region's most amazing geology.

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**By clicking on "next photo" you can see the series as a slideshow to get an overview of the landscape and geological history of Death Valley.

Death Valley salt pan from Dantes View	Death Valley Salt Pan at Sunrise	Playa Scraper at Racetrack Playa	Dust Storm on playa
Flood Damage at Zabriskie Point	Spring flower bloom in Death Valley	Ventifacts	Alluvial fan
Eureka Sand Dunes	Star Dune at Sunset	Ubehebe Craters as seen from the air	Badwater Spring and fault scarp
Aerial View of frontal fault of Black Mtns.	Black Mtns with Copper Canyon Turtleback	Copper Canyon Turtleback fault	Normal faults in marble. Mosaic Canyon
Angular Unconformity at Ryan	Pegmatite intruding Precambrian Gneiss	Aerial View of Titus Canyon Anticline	Proterozoic Diabase Sill in Crystal Spg Fm.

For a Geologic Map of Death Valley National Park, click here

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