After doing some research on the topic of geological formations in California i was finally able to land on the dessert, Death Valley. Known for having two records in the United States for being the hottest place in the country hottest reliable air recording, 134 degrees Fahrenheit, and the hottest recorded ground temperature 201 degrees Fahrenheit. Due to such extreme temperature the dessert is nearly uninhabited, leaving it wide open to elements like extreme heat and wind, not always without some outliers it is known to be home to certain species of animals like red tailed hawks, and big horn sheep, they survive by living next to some of the 600 springs and ponds. The San Andres fault has created very extremes on both sides of the ecological spectrum very fruitful grasslands, and nearly untouched dry desserts. Death Valley is a graben and actually the lowest point in the United States making it the US's deepest graben.
My first question is will we ever know what is at the bottom of the valley, it is pretty well known that ancient seas have been found at or near the lowest parts of the dessert, but the surrounding areas are almost too damaged by the elements to fully understand I think it is important to see the past, and know exactly what was happening some 1.5 billion years ago. The second question is knowing the volatility of the San Andres fault, how can we be so sure that volcanic activities are not going to be present in death valley. My final question is how an entire rather large body of water is completely dried up and evaporated leaving behind only a huge salt deposit, and what does the mean in other circumstances such as global warming.
After doing some research on the topic of geological formations in California i was finally able to land on the dessert, Death Valley. Known for having two records in the United States for being the hottest place in the country hottest reliable air recording, 134 degrees Fahrenheit, and the hottest recorded ground temperature 201 degrees Fahrenheit. Due to such extreme temperature the dessert is nearly uninhabited, leaving it wide open to elements like extreme heat and wind, not always without some outliers it is known to be home to certain species of animals like red tailed hawks, and big horn sheep, they survive by living next to some of the 600 springs and ponds. The San Andres fault has created very extremes on both sides of the ecological spectrum very fruitful grasslands, and nearly untouched dry desserts. Death Valley is a graben and actually the lowest point in the United States making it the US's deepest graben.
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