Death Valley National Park

As a little day trip while in Vegas we decided to go explore Death Valley National Park.  Active earthquake fault lines run through Death Valley.  The Panamint Mountain Range  to the west of Death Valley is on the side of the tipping fault block that rises and the other side is Badwater Basin that continues to fall.  Badwater basin in Death Valley the lowest point in lower 48 States as 282 feet below sea level. 

Death Vally is also known as the hottest post in North America.  This is because of the low elevation and the surrounding mountains which recirculate the hot air instead of allowing to to dissipate at night.  Temperatures can reach 120F in summer days and does not dip much below at 100F even at night time.  Since it was still spring while we were there the temperature was only up to 95F that day.

In the Nevada desert on the way to Death Valley.

Zabriskie Point