Day 4 brought us to Dante's View for Sunset. The elevation at Dante's View is 5,475 feet, and it is a 13 mile drive up from the main road. From here you can look a mile down to the valley floor and a mile up to the next mountain range west.
You can see Badwater below and Telescope Peak in behind Badwater. Telescope Peak is 21 miles away in a straight line, and the valley floor is five miles across. Death Valley is more than one hundred miles long. Five hundred-fifty square miles of it are below sea level and it is still sinking.
Down on the valley floor it is usually 25 degrees warmer then at Dante's View. It was defiantly much cooler when we were up there and the wind was blowing like crazy. We all had to hang onto the tripods to make sure they didn't get blown over. It was take your breath away windy. So if you do visit Dante's View then make sure you have some warmer weather clothes with you. It is a beautiful view and there is a 360 degree view of Death Valley.
These are the last of the photo's from my Death Valley Photography Workshop. On my way home I did stop at Red Rock Canyon. I will be posting photos from there tomorrow.
great job Tracy
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