{"id":9663,"date":"2024-11-27T22:59:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=9663"},"modified":"2025-06-15T03:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:31:46","slug":"20241127death-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127death-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 of 2024 Thanksgiving Trip to Las Vegas, Death Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth day of my 2024 Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas. Today I would wrap up my visit to Death Valley, checking out Mosaic Canyon in the morning and Artist Drive in the afternoon, before catching the sunset and starry skies from Dante\u2019s View.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4444.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4444.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', 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I had heard stories about dust storms ruining the camping experience in the area, so I chose this campground because, of the three nearby options, it was the most wooded and seemed to offer the best protection. My first night passed in delightful tranquility, but the second night was a different story. Strong winds blew against my tent all night long. While my tent admirably withstood the conditions, packing it up this morning was the real challenge amid the inclement conditions of a dust storm. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Well, &#8220;dust storm&#8221; was certainly an exaggeration, but the combination of wind and dust was genuinely annoying.)<\/span> The swirling dust rendered it quite impossible to maintain the cleanliness and orderliness of my tent, standards I considered essential to civilized outdoor living.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127_091647.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/20241127_091647.jpg\" alt=\"Misty Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Misty Mountains<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">High winds permeate the air with dusts. Wind from last night didn&#8217;t die down until after I had left the camp.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Mosaic_Canyon\">Mosaic Canyon<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The first stop of my day was Mosaic Canyon, known for its smooth, polished marble walls and the mosaic-like breccia formations. To me, it felt like Mosaic Canyon featured a little bit of everything: narrow passages, wide-open spaces, and rock formations exhibiting both silken smoothness and rugged textures in a captivating array of hues, unlike the rather monochromatic experiences I had in the other canyons the previous day. The trail was 5.6km long with 300m of elevation gain, comparable in length and exertion to my canyon hikes the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:6\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=218053245&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=218053245&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4284.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4284.jpg\" alt=\"Mouth of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mouth of Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4331.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains across Death Valley from Stovepipe Walls\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grapevine Mountains across Death Valley from Stovepipe Walls<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The higher elevation of Mosaic Canyon\u2019s trailhead offered this vantage view.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4286.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4286.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4287.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4287.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4288.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4288.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4291.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4291.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4293.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4293.jpg\" alt=\"Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Laminated Rocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4284.jpg\" alt=\"Mouth of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4331.jpg\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains across Death Valley from Stovepipe Walls\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4286.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4287.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4288.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4291.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4293.jpg\" alt=\"Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the Mosaic Canyon.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4284.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4284.jpg\" alt=\"Mouth of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mouth of Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4331.jpg\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains across Death Valley from Stovepipe Walls\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grapevine Mountains across Death Valley from Stovepipe Walls<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The higher elevation of Mosaic Canyon\u2019s trailhead offered this vantage view.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4286.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4286.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4287.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4287.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4288.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4288.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4291.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4291.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4293.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4293.jpg\" alt=\"Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Laminated Rocks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I was most fond of the winding polished marble walls, featured heavily towards the beginning of the hike. Their mesmerizingly sinuous curves were reminiscent of the undulating patterns of a river. In comparison, the breccia formations felt a bit underwhelming to me, like some crudely maintained construction site.<\/p>\n<p>About a quarter of the way into the hike, Mosaic Canyon widened dramatically, offering a refreshing contrast to the narrow, confined passages that preceded and followed it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4325.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4296.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4296.jpg\" alt=\"Hill along Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill along Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4297.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4297.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4295.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4295.jpg\" alt=\"Hill along Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill along Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4323.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4323.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4325.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4296.jpg\" alt=\"Hill along Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4297.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4295.jpg\" alt=\"Hill along Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4323.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the wide portions of Mosaic Canyon.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4325.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4296.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4296.jpg\" alt=\"Hill along Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill along Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4297.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4297.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4295.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4295.jpg\" alt=\"Hill along Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill along Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4323.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4323.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>About halfway into the hike, Mosaic Canyon narrowed back down. Then it was a typical canyon experience till its very end.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4321.jpg\" width=\"88.8%\" alt=\"Blockage\" \/><\/a><\/br>Blockage<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Rocks in the ground clearly formed an arrow shaping, guiding visitors to a path around this blockage. This was the only time in Mosaic Canyon where minimal scrambling was needed.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4301.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4301.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4302.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4302.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4319.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4319.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4303.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4305.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A dead end going forward, the trail was to the right.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4317.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4316.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4316.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Side Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Side Canyon (right) in Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4321.jpg\" alt=\"Blockage\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4301.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4319.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4303.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4305.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4317.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4321.jpg\" alt=\"Blockage\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Blockage<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Rocks in the ground clearly formed an arrow shaping, guiding visitors to a path around this blockage. This was the only time in Mosaic Canyon where minimal scrambling was needed.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4301.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4301.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4302.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4302.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4319.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4319.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4303.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4305.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mosaic Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A dead end going forward, the trail was to the right.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4317.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4316.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4316.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Side Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Side Canyon (right) in Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The trail in Mosaic Canyon ended at the foot of a dryfall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4314.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4314.jpg\" alt=\"End of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>End of Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127_104216.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/20241127_104216.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"End of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>End of Mosaic Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4312.jpg\" alt=\"Botryoidal and Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Botryoidal and Laminated Rocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4309.jpg\" alt=\"Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Laminated Rocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4314.jpg\" alt=\"End of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/20241127_104216.jpg\" alt=\"End of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4312.jpg\" alt=\"Botryoidal and Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4309.jpg\" alt=\"Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the end of Mosaic Canyon.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4314.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4314.jpg\" alt=\"End of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127_104216.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/20241127_104216.jpg\" alt=\"End of Mosaic Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>End of Mosaic Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4312.jpg\" alt=\"Botryoidal and Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Botryoidal and Laminated Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4309.jpg\" alt=\"Laminated Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Laminated Rocks<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After returning from the hike of Mosaic Canyon, I drove to the nearby Stovepipe Wells, where I topped up my fuel tank and had lunch. (I was in no hurry to finish the lunch as I was also using the restaurant&#8217;s outlet to charge up my phone, a small inconvenience from spending the night in a tent.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127_124714.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/20241127_124714.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Road Restaurant\" \/><\/a><\/br>Toll Road Restaurant<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A lot emptier than I expected.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127_122317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/20241127_122317.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza as Lunch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Pizza as Lunch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I didn\u2019t have much breakfast so I ordered a huge one, part of which also became my dinner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/20241127_124714.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Road Restaurant\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/20241127_122317.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza as Lunch\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127_124714.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/20241127_124714.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Road Restaurant\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Toll Road Restaurant<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A lot emptier than I expected.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127_122317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/20241127_122317.jpg\" alt=\"Pizza as Lunch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pizza as Lunch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I didn\u2019t have much breakfast so I ordered a huge one, part of which also became my dinner.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Mesquite_Flat_Sand_Dunes\">Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On my way back from Mosaic Canyon, I made a stop at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. The sand dunes extended for a long distance, with the most impressive dunes located at the far end. I didn&#8217;t want sand to get into my shoes so I stayed close to the parking lot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4332.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4332.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sand Dunes<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4348.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4348.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sand Dunes<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4349.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4336.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4351.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4351.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Cottonwood Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sand Dunes before Cottonwood Mountains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4332.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4348.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4349.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4336.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4351.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Cottonwood Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4332.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4332.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4348.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4348.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sand Dunes<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4349.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4336.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sand Dunes before Grapevine Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4351.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4351.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Dunes before Cottonwood Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sand Dunes before Cottonwood Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4337_DSC_4347-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4337_DSC_4347-11.jpg\" alt=\"Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Frankly, I didn&#8217;t find the sand dunes near the parking lot that impressive. In comparison, I stopped at the nearby &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Cornfield&#8221; and found the field of arrowweed (which didn&#8217;t look at corn at all) much more interesting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4357.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4357.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Field of Arrowweed before Grapevine Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4356.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed\" \/><\/a><\/br>Field of Arrowweed<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes visible in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4354.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed\" \/><\/a><\/br>Field of Arrowweed<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4358.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4358.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed before Chloride Cliff\" \/><\/a><\/br>Field of Arrowweed before Chloride Cliff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4357.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4356.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4354.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4358.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed before Chloride Cliff\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Devil&#8217;s Cornfield.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4357.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4357.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed before Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Field of Arrowweed before Grapevine Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4356.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Field of Arrowweed<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes visible in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4354.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Field of Arrowweed<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4358.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4358.jpg\" alt=\"Field of Arrowweed before Chloride Cliff\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Field of Arrowweed before Chloride Cliff<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Harmony_Borax_Works\">Harmony Borax Works<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On my way back to Furnace Creek, I made an impromptu stop at Harmony Borax Works, a decision partly inspired by the desire to avoid being stuck behind a slow driver. This was a short-lived borax mining site, famous for using mule caravan to transport borax to the nearest railroad station. Despite that, the remoteness of Death Valley meant the mining operation wasn&#8217;t profitable, leading to its abandonment. Nowadays, a short interpretive trail leads around the site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4362.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4362.jpg\" alt=\"Display of Mule Wagons\" \/><\/a><\/br>Display of Mule Wagons<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4363.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4363.jpg\" alt=\"Remains of Borax Refinement Facilities\" \/><\/a><\/br>Remains of Borax Refinement Facilities<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4359.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4359.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Death Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4360.jpg\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grapevine Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4364.jpg\" alt=\"Funeral Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Funeral Mountains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4362.jpg\" alt=\"Display of Mule Wagons\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4363.jpg\" alt=\"Remains of Borax Refinement Facilities\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4359.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4360.jpg\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4364.jpg\" alt=\"Funeral Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Harmony Borax Works.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4362.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4362.jpg\" alt=\"Display of Mule Wagons\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Display of Mule Wagons<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4363.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4363.jpg\" alt=\"Remains of Borax Refinement Facilities\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Remains of Borax Refinement Facilities<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4359.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4359.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4360.jpg\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grapevine Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4364.jpg\" alt=\"Funeral Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Funeral Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Devil8217s_Golf_Course\">Devil&#8217;s Golf Course<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Next, I checked out Devil&#8217;s Golf Course, a remarkable salt flat characterized by its jagged crystalline formations. Its parking lot was connected to the main road via a 2km (1.2mi) unpaved road, which was a bit bumpy but manageable. The parking area sat at the fascinating juncture where smooth salt plains (p3-4 below) meet their rugged counterpart (p1-2 below), the latter sculpted over time by the patient artistry of rain and wind into sharp, intricate crystal formations.<br \/>\nFrankly, I didn&#8217;t think even devils could play golf here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4406.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4406.jpg\" alt=\"Devil's Golf Course\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devil&#8217;s Golf Course<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4402.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4402.jpg\" alt=\"Devil's Golf Course\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devil&#8217;s Golf Course<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4367.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4367.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Black Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4369.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Death Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4368C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4368C.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Cairns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Salt Cairns<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4405.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4405.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Crystal Arch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Salt Crystal Arch<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4403.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4403.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Salt Crystal\" \/><\/a><\/br>Salt Crystal<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like some underwater creature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4406.jpg\" alt=\"Devil's Golf Course\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4402.jpg\" alt=\"Devil's Golf Course\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4367.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4369.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4368C.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Cairns\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4405.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Crystal Arch\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4403.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Crystal\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Devil&#8217;s Golf Course.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4406.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4406.jpg\" alt=\"Devil's Golf Course\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4402.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4402.jpg\" alt=\"Devil's Golf Course\" \/><\/a><\/br>Devil&#8217;s Golf Course<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4367.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4367.jpg\" alt=\"Black Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Black Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4369.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4368C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4368C.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Cairns\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Salt Cairns<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4405.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4405.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Crystal Arch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Salt Crystal Arch<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4403.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4403.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Crystal\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Salt Crystal<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like some underwater creature.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4370_DSC_4389-20.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4370_DSC_4389-20.jpg\" alt=\"View around Devil's Golf Course\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View around Devil&#8217;s Golf Course<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Artist_Drive\">Artist Drive<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On my way to Dante&#8217;s View, I checked out Artist Drive, a scenic one-way loop road that wound through the colorful hills of the Black Mountains. Shortly after entering the one-way loop, I stopped at a viewpoint (Artist Dr Hill) with views overlooking the valley below and the surrounding Black Mountains, a palette of vibrant hues that belied their somber name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4418.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4418.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4410.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4410.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4413.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4414.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats of Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Salt Flats of Death Valley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4418.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4410.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4413.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4414.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats of Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Artist Dr Hill.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4418.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4418.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4410.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4410.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4413.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4414.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Flats of Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Salt Flats of Death Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s &#8220;Artist Palette&#8221;, featuring colorful hills from rich volcanic deposits. My experience here echoed yesterday&#8217;s visit to the Red Cathedral area, both featured networks of unofficial trails inviting exploration. Once again, I ventured along some of these paths and made unsuccessful attempts to scale several prominent rock formations. While I certainly appreciated the variety of colors visible on a small section of the hills, the afternoon sunlight, much like yesterday, bathed the majority of the landscape in an overwhelming orange glow. I guessed Artist Palette only revealed its true glory during the gentle light of twilight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4419.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4419.jpg\" alt=\"Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><\/br>Artists Palette<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4420.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4420.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Hills at Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorful Hills at Artists Palette<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4421.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4421.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Hills at Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorful Hills at Artists Palette<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4425.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4425.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills around Artists Palette<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4427.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4427.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills around Artists Palette<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4429.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4429.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4422.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4422.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4419.jpg\" alt=\"Artists Palette\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4420.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Hills at Artists Palette\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4421.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Hills at Artists Palette\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4425.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Artists Palette\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4427.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Artists Palette\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4429.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4422.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4419.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4419.jpg\" alt=\"Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Artists Palette<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4420.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4420.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Hills at Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4421.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4421.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Hills at Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><\/br>Colorful Hills at Artists Palette<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4425.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4425.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4427.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4427.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Artists Palette\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills around Artists Palette<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4429.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4429.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4422.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4422.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>At the Artist Palette area, I spent a bit longer than I anticipated in trying to climb some rock formation, so I only left at 3:45pm. After that, I made a frantic drive towards Dante&#8217;s View, hoping to catch the sunset in 45 minutes. <\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Dante8217s_View\">Dante&#8217;s View<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Arguably the best vista point in Death Valley National Park, Dante&#8217;s View towers about 1700m (5600ft) above the vastness of Death Valley floor. From this lofty perch, visitors are treated to an almost aerial perspective of the park, with unobstructed views directly overlooking Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. It&#8217;s located a bit out of the way from the other attractions of the park, so I decided to visit it on my way back to Las Vegas.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, <del>my procrastination at Artist Palette<\/del> some slow traffic along the way meant I arrived at Dante&#8217;s View 2 minutes after sunset. The views were nonetheless still remained stunning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4433.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4457.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4434.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4434.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Death Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4435.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4435.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains beyond Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grapevine Mountains beyond Death Valley<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Village of Furnace Creek visible in the center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4454.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4454.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4433.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4457.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4434.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4435.jpg\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains beyond Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4454.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Dante&#8217;s View.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4433.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4457.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Badwater Basin<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4434.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4434.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4435.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4435.jpg\" alt=\"Grapevine Mountains beyond Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grapevine Mountains beyond Death Valley<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Village of Furnace Creek visible in the center.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4454.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4454.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Badwater Basin<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>From the parking lot of Dante&#8217;s View, a trail led north following the ridge of Black Mountains, all the way to Mount Perry. I followed the trail for a short distance for a better view to the north, towards the direction of Furnace Creek.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4460.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4460.jpg\" alt=\"Hill next to Dante's View\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill next to Dante&#8217;s View<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4442.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4442.jpg\" alt=\"Dante's View\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dante&#8217;s View<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4451.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4451.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One topped with white stripes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4461.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4461.jpg\" alt=\"The Last of Sunset Glow\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Last of Sunset Glow<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4437.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4437.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Road up Dante's View\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road up Dante&#8217;s View<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Charleston Peak in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4460.jpg\" alt=\"Hill next to Dante's View\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4442.jpg\" alt=\"Dante's View\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4451.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4461.jpg\" alt=\"The Last of Sunset Glow\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4437.jpg\" alt=\"Road up Dante's View\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Dante&#8217;s View.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4460.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4460.jpg\" alt=\"Hill next to Dante's View\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill next to Dante&#8217;s View<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4442.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4442.jpg\" alt=\"Dante's View\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dante&#8217;s View<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4451.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4451.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One topped with white stripes.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4461.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4461.jpg\" alt=\"The Last of Sunset Glow\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Last of Sunset Glow<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4437.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4437.jpg\" alt=\"Road up Dante's View\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road up Dante&#8217;s View<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Charleston Peak in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>With little light pollution in Death Valley, I stayed at Dante&#8217;s View for the night to fall and the stars to shine, figuring this was a prime spot for stargazing. However, the considerable elevation and persistent wind <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(think of last&#8217;s night &#8220;sand storm&#8221; outside my tent)<\/span> rendered the night air bitingly cold. I managed to take a few sets of photos before my hands succumbed to the chill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4495_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4495_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Skies over Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Night Skies over Death Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4485_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4485_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Skies over Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Night Skies over Death Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4566_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4566_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/a><\/br>Milky Way<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4469_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4469_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/a><\/br>Milky Way<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4515_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4515_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/a><\/br>Milky Way<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4035_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4035_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Sky\" \/><\/a><\/br>Night Sky<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4552_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4552_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Sky\" \/><\/a><\/br>Night Sky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4495_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Skies over Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4485_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Skies over Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4566_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4469_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4515_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4035_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Sky\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4552_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Sky\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-14, #splide-thumb-14 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of night sky from Dante&#8217;s View.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4495_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4495_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Skies over Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Night Skies over Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4485_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4485_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Skies over Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Night Skies over Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4566_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4566_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Milky Way<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4469_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4469_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Milky Way<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4515_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4515_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Milky Way\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Milky Way<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4035_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4035_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Sky\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Night Sky<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/DSC_4552_Stack.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/27\/thumbnails\/DSC_4552_Stack.jpg\" alt=\"Night Sky\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Night Sky<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, I made the 2-hour drive back to Las Vegas. (This was another case where the sudden enhancement in road quality served as a subtle yet unmistakable indication that I had crossed from California into Nevada.)<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth day of my 2024 Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas. Today I would wrap up my visit to Death Valley, checking out Mosaic Canyon in the morning and Artist Drive in the afternoon, before catching the sunset&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/20241127death-valley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670,2],"tags":[673],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9663"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9763,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions\/9763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}