Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. Death Valley is home to the Timbisha tribe of Native Americans, formerly known as the Panamint Shoshone, who have inhabited the valley for at least the past millennium.
Death Valley as seen from Space Shuttle Columbia in October 1995
Sand dunes at Mesquite Flats
View from Badwater Basin
A Landsat 5 satellite photo of Lake Badwater on February 9, 2005
Eastern California is a region defined as either the strip to the east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada or as the easternmost counties of California.
Downtown San Bernardino, anchor of the largest metro area in East California and 12th in the United States.
Sand dunes in Death Valley
Snowy forest at Boreal Mountain Resort
View from State Route 158