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“Wading Lake Manly” — A person wades Lake Manly, with Death Valley mountain reflections.

After photographing for decades,…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/12/30/w...

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A person in the landscape at Lake Manly
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Death Valley, CA

NOW: 51°F
OBS: 51°F (8mph wind, 44% RH)
Partly Cloudy

⏱ Next 6h: 44–53° • precip 0% • wind up to 6mph

📅 3-Day:
Tuesday: 68° - Partly Sunny
Wednesday: 63° - Rain Showers Likely
New Year's Day: 61° - Rain Showers Likely
#DeathValley #cawx
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
bdgroves.bsky.social
Death Valley, CA

NOW: 73°F
OBS: 73°F (2mph wind, 19% RH)
Sunny

⏱ Next 6h: 55–68° • precip 0% • wind up to 9mph

📅 3-Day:
Tuesday: 68° - Mostly Sunny
Wednesday: 66° - Rain Showers Likely
New Year's Day: 60° - Rain Showers Likely
#DeathValley #cawx
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
bdgroves.bsky.social
Death Valley, CA

NOW: 69°F
OBS: 69°F (23mph wind, 21% RH)
Sunny

⏱ Next 6h: 63–68° • precip 0% • wind up to 10mph

📅 3-Day:
Tuesday: 67° - Partly Sunny
Wednesday: 65° - Chance Rain Showers
New Year's Day: 60° - Rain Showers Likely
#DeathValley #cawx
December 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
bdgroves.bsky.social
Death Valley, CA

NOW: 68°F
OBS: 68°F (5mph wind, 22% RH)
Sunny

⏱ Next 6h: 63–68° • precip 0% • wind up to 10mph

📅 3-Day:
Tuesday: 67° - Partly Sunny
Wednesday: 65° - Chance Rain Showers
New Year's Day: 60° - Rain Showers Likely
#DeathValley #cawx
December 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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“Peaks and Clearing Storm” — Clouds move to the east and sunshine lights desert peaks, Death Valley National Park.

We almost came home early…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/12/29/p...

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Sunlight on desert mountains.
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Tatooine #landscape ;-)

#photography #deathvalley #landscapephotography #abstract
Aerial view of a vast, arid landscape featuring cracked earth, patches of salt flats, and varied textures in muted colors of brown, gray, and pale blues. The terrain appears dry with winding patterns and shallow depressions.
December 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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“Lake Manly Sky” — Sunrise clouds and Panamint Mountains reflected in Lake Manly, Death Valley.

As a landscape photographer I spend…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/12/28/l...

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Hazy sunrise reflections at Lake Manly, Death Valley
December 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Zabriskie’s Night

We go ever onward into 2026!

Thank you for following along with me, and here’s to a prosperous 2026. Keep moving forward.

#photography #landscape #deathvalley
The photograph is made at Zabriskie Point in the middle of the night. Overall, it has deep blue tones, and is monochromatic, except for the emission nebula, which we’ll talk about in a moment. The foreground is whorls and swirls of rock, leading from our feet into the distance. The rock is striped, solid and has every pattern you can think of. It rises and falls. There’s a small wash on the left side, and a path oddly highlighted leading from the center into the distance. Sure wish we could be on that path right now. In the distance you can see mountains in the shadow. There’s snow on the very tops, but you just have to know that detail, because you can’t really see it. Hey, it’s night. The sky is the star of the show (get it?). You can make out the constellation Orion easily as it dominates the top of the photograph. There’s tons of other stars around, too. There are emission nebula, normally not visible to the human eye or camera. Barnard’s Loop, which is a really large crescent surrounding a center part is clearly visible, as are many others. These appear as faint red or maybe pink, making a wild contrast with the blue tones.
December 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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TOP 25 NATURE PHOTOS OF 2025

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A bird flying over Zabriske Point at sunrise - 10/16/25

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December 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Panamint Sunrise, Lake Manly” — Winter solstice sunrise on the Panamint Range, reflected in Lake Manly.

We were in Death Valley...continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/12/27/p...

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Lake Manly reflects Panamint Mountains, Death Valley.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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This raven in Death Valley National Park was displaying a defensive posture towards another raven that was nearby.
#photography #leica #blackandwhite #deathvalley
A photograph of a raven standing on a rock.
December 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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painted peaks
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December 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Stairway to heaven got a little gold dusting.
#scape #deathvalley
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Lake Manly, Death Valley National Park, 2023

When Lake Manly forms, it gives Badwater Basin an other-wordly feel.

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December 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Salt Basin

(Death Valley, California, August 2018)

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December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Enjoy the one day these roads remain open between catastrophic flooding events. 😬

North Highway, Artists Drive and other roads reopen in Death Valley National Park

https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/pr-roads-12-22-2025.htm

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North Highway, Artists Drive and other roads reopen in Death Valley National Park - Death Valley National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
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December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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happy holidays, from the death valley 🦴🩸⛓️

#newmusic #teaser #holidays #deathvalley #outmarch
December 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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"Dreaming of Lake Manly"

Twelve photos of Death Valley’s ephemeral and fantastical Lake Manly — at dusk, at dawn, and from high above at Dante’s View and Mount Morgan.

www.alex-kunz.com/dreaming-of-...

#PhotoBlog #DeathValley #LakeManly #Sunrise #Sunset #LandscapePhotography #NationalParks
Dreaming of Lake Manly
Twelve photos of Death Valley’s ephemeral and fantastical “Lake Manly” — at dusk, at dawn, and from high above at Dante’s View and Mount Morgan.
www.alex-kunz.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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www.sciencealert.com/ice-age-lake...

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Ice Age Lake Reappears in Death Valley Following Record Rains
Death Valley, part of the Mojave Desert stretching across California and Nevada, is known for its extreme weather – but in recent weeks, it has broken records for rain rather than high temperatures.
www.sciencealert.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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From the archive:
“Light in the Canyon” — Afternoon light strikes a hill in the lower reaches of a Death Valley canyon. (gdanmitchell.com/2023/02/03/l...)

#deathvalley #nationalpark #desert #canyon #landscape #nature #landscapephotography #photography #photo
December 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Led by Karine Prado and Seung Rhee, a @michiganstateu.bsky.social team found that the Arizona honeysweet shrub thrives in extreme #DeathValley heat by rearranging its cellular structure – "shapeshifting" that could be a blueprint for #bioengineering future-proof crops.

– @livescience.com #science
Death Valley shrub rearranges its insides to thrive in one of the hottest places on Earth
Heat-loving plants that thrive in California's Death Valley could hold the key to growing crops in a changing climate.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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TOP 25 NATURE PHOTOS OF 2025

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The view from Dante's Peak in Death Valley National Park - 10/16/25

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December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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photographed in Death Valley. #art4sale #artwork #artlover #deathvalley #photooftheday #interiordesign #homedecor #travel #vacation #explore #desert
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December 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Ice Age Lake Reappears in Death Valley Following Record Rains #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #DeathValley #ClimateChange
Ice Age Lake Reappears in Death Valley Following Record Rains
Death Valley, part of the Mojave Desert stretching across California and Nevada, is known for its extreme weather – but in recent weeks, it has broken records for rain rather than high temperatures.
www.sciencealert.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM