Zabriskie Point
by Ralf Rohner
Title
Zabriskie Point
Artist
Ralf Rohner
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Photograph
Description
Zabriskie Point is located in the eastern part of Death Valley National Park. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago - long before Death Valley came into existence. Subsequent geological processes, like the widening and sinking of Death Valley and the uplifting of the surrounding mountains allowed erosion to form the badlands we see today.
The image shows a panoramic view of Zabriskie Point under the starry Milky Way bow. For eons, pristine dark skies have stood above this this equally pristine landscape and only recently the skyglow of Las Vegas, located some 100 miles to the east, has started to light up the horizon.
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May 19th, 2022
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