I just had the opportunity of spending five days in Death Valley. It was an amazing experience and I look forward to returning. I went there as part of a Photo Workshop and got to photograph with six amazing individuals. Over the next week I am going to be posting pictures from the trip.
Today's post is from Day One. We meet up at Zabriskie Point and photographed the Sunset. The photos that are posted here were taken within a two hour period as the sun was setting. You can see the change in the colors as the sun sets. We did return to this location on Day 3 for Sunrise. The sunrise pictures will be posted in a few days.
Zabriskie Point is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake that dried up over Five Million years ago, before Death Valley came into existence. The lighter colors, the yellows, tans, and browns, are mostly from iron minerals exposed to the air, the darker colors, the gray green to dark gray, are volcanic ash and lava flows.
There is a hiking path that connects Zabriskie Point to Golden Canyon. The trail is over 2 miles long and we hiked over to Golden Canyon on Day 3 after the Sunrise. It was amazing to be able to walk into the Valley and to walk among the amazing sentiments. Look for those pictures in the days ahead.
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