SUNRISE
All sunrise photos are of the Panamint Mountain Range from Golden Canyon.
Stovepipe Wells
MESQUITE FLAT SAND DUNES
ALUVIAL FAN
Water has been a major sculpting force in Death Valley. Rock, sand, and other debris washed from the mouth of each canyon forming a broad apron of rock like the one in this photo.
EMIGRANT CANYON ROAD
Pinyon Pine
Mistletoe
WILDROSE CHARCOAL KILNS
These 10 bee-hive shaped structures are among the best preserved in the west. Designed by Swiss engineers and built by Chinese laborers in 1879. These kilns produced charcoal for the Modock Mine smelter.
Workers filled the air-tight kilns with pinyon pine logs and fired them. The burning which reduced the wood to charcoal took 6 to 8 days.
Snowcapped Panamint Mointains
Inside dome
The kilns still smell smokey inside.
Vents
Single vent
The kilns are 25 feet high, 30 feet in diameter, and hold over four cords of wood.
Cottonwood Mountains in the distance.
🚕🚗🚙. DV License Plate Game: We saw Texas, Tennessee, Montana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Alaska, New York, Missouri, Virginia, Indiana, and Iowa. Wow!
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