EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND TOPOGRAPHY FORGE AN OTHERWORLDLY ESCAPE
MYSTERIOUS SHAPES ON A CANVAS OF STILLNESS
AND SPACE: RED ROCK TOWERS, THE BLUE AND
PURPLE CURVES OF THE PANAMINT RANGE, BROWN
AND STEEL-GREY ANGLES OF THE OWLSHEAD
MOUNTAINS, GOLDEN BEEHIVE-SHAPED CHARCOAL
KILNS AND UNDULATING SAND DUNES. THIS IS LIV-
ING ART, FROM THE QUIET FOOTPRINTS OF THE
KANGAROO RAT TO THE RUSTLE OF THE ROADRUNNER'S
FEATHERS. THIS IS DEATH VALLEY.
Vast and eclectic, all 5,219 miles of Death
Valley National Park make it one of the
most unique and ethereal places on earth.
e intense environment of this valley was
shaped when the Earth's plates smashed to-
gether, their collision pushing the ground
into mountains to the west and plunging
the valley to lower levels. Geology here
varies from harsh desert to pine-studded
mountains and grand, green oases, with a
wildly divergent climate that goes from the
The
of
Living Art
BY GENIE DAVIS
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