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The most famous photographic subject in the park is the mysterious sliding rocks in an area known as The Racetrack. It is located at the end of a rough 27 mile rock road that requires the rental of a Jeep with heavy duty tires as the rocks will cut the tires on normal passenger tires.
There is no hard evidence as to how or when the rocks moved. Some say hurricane force winds after heavy rains but both are almost non-existant here and tests have shown such winds would not move the rocks. Photographers come from all over the world to photograph them and we even met one from Australia while we were there.
On the way to The Racetrack, there is an intersection known as Teapot Junction. Teapots are hung with names and dates of those that went by. No, I didn't put one on but I kind of wish I did. Maybe next time.
We managed to go two times, once for sunrise and once for sunset. As we were heading back in the dark after sunset, we came across three photographers that had cut a tire on their SUV and were changing it in dark with flashlights. I had been tempted to try getting there in our rental but this confirmed I had made the right decision getting the Jeep.
Another area of note is the Devil's Golf Course. It is an amazing area of halite salt formations left over after a 30 foot deep lake dried up eons ago. There are millions of razor sharp points and kneeling or sitting on them to get down low for a good image can be a little painful. I did say "ouch" a few times!
The desert can be an incredibly quiet place where all you hear is the faint sound of the wind. The moonless night skies light up with every constellation and the starry cloud of the Milky Way. Sunrise and sunset displays above the colors of the rock formations never get old.
Ok, so we really enjoyed this expedition. Death Valley exceeded my photographic expectations. Carrying gear over miles of sand dunes and salt flats, hiking up and down rocky trails and getting up at 2am paid off with many great images.
I return home one pooped "desert rat".
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