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Artist's Palette, Death Valley, CA

Artist's Palette, Death Valley, CA

Artist's Palatte in Death Valley National Park is on the face of the Black Mountains and is renowned for its colored rocks. The colors come from the oxidation of different metals within the rocks. Without direct light, like times near sunset, the colors really shine as harsh desert light no lionger fades the colors. The area of this image is around thirty square feet. Look closely, can you find the footsteps in the gravel?

Thermophiles
Kelp
Grand Prismatic Hot Spring
Badwater Basin from Dante's View 
Petrified Wood and Agate
Yellowstone Hot Spring
Death Valley Floor #3
Geyser Runoff
Utah Honeycomb Onyx
Liquid Pyrite
Castle Rock Beach Boulder
Kolob Canyon Wall
Redwood Bark
Burnt Redwood
Rock and Lichen
Green Canyon Wall
Lava Tube
Artist's Palette, Death Valley, CA
Blue Water Reflections
Lichen
Ruth Glacier
Ice
River Reflections Death Valley Floor #1
Red Canyon Wall
Death Valley Floor #2
Eucalyptus Bark
Rock and Orange Algae
Birch Bark