Impromptu Death Valley trip

[ehanes7612]

I had three days off and didnt want to be around the strom of the century hitting the west coast so I drove down the Death Valley. Was hoping to have clear skies for astrophotography but El Nino is walloping everyone

settled for some day pics

 

[Secundino]

Lovely place!

 

[Ozpaph]

looks great.

 

[troy]

Cool pictures, last I was through there was 20 years ago and there was a ghost town there empty buildings & houses, did you see that?

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautiful photos, Ed. How many did you stitch together for that first one?

 

[ehanes7612]

Beautiful photos, Ed. How many did you stitch together for that first one?

Three . 100 mm

 

[ehanes7612]

Cool pictures, last I was through there was 20 years ago and there was a ghost town there empty buildings & houses, did you see that?

Did not. Is that Scotty's castle? DV has changed a lot since I was last there in 2002. Lot more infrastructure

 

[troy]

I beleive it was calico

 

[ehanes7612]

I beleive it was calico

Calico is in near Barstow, south of Death Valley..saw that in 1986, on my first cross country drive..pretty neat

 

[theorchidzone]

DV is awesome. I never understood the appeal until I went there. Lots of great memories!

Calico is in near Barstow, south of Death Valley..saw that in 1986, on my first cross country drive..pretty neat

 

[ehanes7612]

DV is awesome. I never understood the appeal until I went there. Lots of great memories!

yep, I wouldn't go there from mar to nov (too hot) but it's perfect now

 

[Lanmark]

Great photos! Beautiful place! I've been there once. It was during October in the late 80s ('88? '89?), and it was incredibly warm.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

I like the panorama.

Neat place - let's hope the rest of California doesn't end up looking that way though. I've always wanted to walk the Low/High Trail from Badwater Basin (-85 meters) to Mt. Witney (4,421 meters) just for kicks.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Great shots!
but I think this is in the wrong section.
This is for non-slipper orchids. Off Topic is where this belongs I think.

By the way, I would love to visit Death Valley now. Maybe someday.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Great shots!
but I think this is in the wrong section.
This is for non-slipper orchids. Off Topic is where this belongs I think.b

There's a dormant desert orchid in one of the photos, does that count?

 

[eggshells]

Looks good. Nice panoramic shot.

 

[ehanes7612]

There's a dormant desert orchid in one of the photos, does that count?

My bad . Should be in tell me about it

 

[Linus_Cello]

My bad . Should be in tell me about it

I was joking about the dormant orchid.
I wonder if there are any in Death Valley.

 

[ehanes7612]

I was joking about the dormant orchid.
I wonder if there are any in Death Valley.

Orchids grow everywhere, including Death Valley

http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/streamorchid.html

there, now this thread is officially in the correct place

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Orchids grow everywhere, including Death Valley

http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/streamorchid.html

there, now this thread is officially in the correct place

Yeah, E. gigantea is found over much of the desert/semi-desert regions of the SW, but always next to permanent streams. On a similar vein, and perhaps even more counterintuitive for a desert environment, two subspecies of pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus) live within the boundaries of Death Valley. See this article for starters:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_pupfish