Day 5: A Different Side of Death Valley

 


Connor Howell (Forestry major) writes-

On our fifth day of the trip we started the morning by visiting Dante's View. The view was breathtaking and it was very humbling to see just how large the desert really is. 

Afterwards we moved on to WildRose Peak where we spent the afternoon hiking the snow covered mountains and exploring the charcoal kilns. It was an incredible chance to observe how dynamic the landscape of Death Valley is. We saw wild burros and different species of birds. The trees changed from creosote and mesquite to Joshua and finally juniper and pinyon pines.

















(Images by Saikat)

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