Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is an American national park that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka Valley and most of Saline Valley.
Sand dunes in Death Valley National Park
Telescope Peak
Lake Badwater, March 2005
Petroglyphs above Mesquite Springs
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