Picture of the week

Desert contours

The Eureka Dunes partially in shadow near sunset at the northen end of Death Valley.  This is one of my favorite locations for photography in Death Valley.  Due to its remote location it is less visited, and thus less tracked.  Higher winds also tend to be more typical here, erasing whatever footprints may have existed from the previous days.  This also means that camping out here can be a bit more brutal due to blowing sand.  It should also be mentioned that there is no water or other facilities to speak of, with the exception of a sole outhouse (but bring your own toilet paper!).

I visited this area last week as part of a week long dual sport motorcycle adventure trip, dry camping along the way in a mix of weather conditions.  From here, we crossed over Steele Pass behind the dunes via a rough 4wd trail before dropping into Saline Valley to the south, visiting the hot springs there to relax and clean up before moving on.  Subsequent travels took us further south to the Racetrack, Lippencott Pass, Hunter Pass, Panamint Valley, Darwin, Ballarat, Barker Ranch, Mengel Pass, Warm Springs Valley, Bad Water, Furnace Creek, and Cerro Gordo.  Much of this terrain is rough, only passable with such a bike or high clearance 4wd vehicle.  You can read and learn more about my motorcycle based travels and details of many routes at the Motorcycle Corner. 

If you wish to learn more about where to go for photographing Death Valley, or any other areas in California, then check out my book available on Amazon  here.  WIth over 250 locations covered with 45 separate maps with many color reference images, a wide range of landscape and wildlife locations are documented. 

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