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Geology Image Gallery - Badwater

Badwater Spring and fault

Badwater Spring and fault

Photo by Marli Miller.

Salt pan at Badwater

Salt pan at Badwater

Photo by Marli Miller.

Salt pan at Badwater

Salt pan at Badwater

Photo by Ray Nordeen, NPS.

Looking towards Panamint Mountains.

Salt

Polygonal cracks in the salt pan.

Photo by Marli Miller.

Salt

Salt pan near Badwater

Photo by Tom Bean, NPS.

Polygonal cracks in a salt pan, with human for scale.

Salt

Salt crystals

Photo by Marli Miller

Footprint in salt

Mountains reflected in flooded playa at Badwater

Mountains reflected in flooded playa at Badwater

Photo by Marli Miller

Badwater

Badwater

Photo by Ray Nordeen, NPS.

The small white speck on the mountainside shows sea level, 282 feet above the valley floor.

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