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Water and sunglasses are essential!

Caution: Do not underestimate the heat

The heat should not be underestimated… Despite the short distance

Worth taking a look when riding by.

Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America, at 280 feet (86 meters) below sea level. The salt flats here cover nearly 200 square miles (518 square kilometers) and are composed primarily of sodium chloride (table salt), along with calcite, gypsum, and borax. Stories suggest that Badwater Basin got its name when an early surveyor’s mule refused to drink from the spring-fed pool near the current boardwalk. The water here isn’t really “bad,” just very salty. Despite the high salt content, many organisms not only survive here, but thrive. The pool is home to an endemic snail that is native only to this location, and the rim is dotted with salt-tolerant plants, including samphire. Badwater Basin was once the site of the large, ancient inland lake Manly, which evaporated tens of thousands of years before the arrival of the man in 1849 for whom it is named. The lake had no outlet, so over time sediment and salt accumulated. When the lake eventually evaporated, it left behind concentrated salt layers. Today, fascinating geometric salt flats form on the plains as groundwater rises through these layers and evaporates.

This is one of the famous viewpoints of the park. It is surrounded by wild, sandy, barren mountains.

This is the lowest point of the continental USA. Badwater is about 282 feet (85.5 meters) below sea level. It is also one of the hottest places in the world with temperatures around 50 degrees Celsius in the summer months. A short walk across the salt desert is still worthwhile in any heat.

Zabriskie Point is a lookout point in the Amargosa Range in Death Valley National Park, known for its bizarre erosion landscapes around the former Lake Manly. It was named at the beginning of the 20th century after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie from Wyoming, the vice president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, which was commissioned to mine borax in the area.