Death Valley - Zabriskie Point - II

Death Valley was historically important for two main reasons: borax mining and killing people trying to find their way to California during the 1849 gold rush.

Only since then when people developed way to travel here without dying (ie. being tourists that mostly survive), that we have come to appreciate the beauty of the land.

The variations in the chemical composition of the land produces variations in the colors and these are really quite compelling.

And, like the Grand Canyon, it possible to find views where the perception of depth is difficult and things seem to be almost any size.

It is quite and, in spite to the presence of other people, a lonely place. You can sit/stand for hours taking in the view as an impressionistic painting and still not see all that can bee seen.