Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Chris Culver - Death Valley


In the Death Valley national park there is an easily visible fault line called the Hanaupah fault. The picture above shows a clean fault line visible on the surface that runs left to right as a result of many breaks in the fault over time. The erosion in the hillside show sines of water running down from the mountains during a rainy season that flows down into the hotter lower elevation.


The salt flats in Death Valley are interesting as they show signs of a previous body of water that has evaporated over time. The thought of a place as barren and dry as Death Valley having a lake at one point in time is very interesting. When traveling to the main gate of Edwards AFB you get to drive on a road built on top of one of these salt flats.


The Ubehebe Crater is intersting as lava reaching the surface heats water to create steam which then blows material up and out creating these craters. The faults in this area that builds local mountain ranges also are responsible for forcing the lava to the surface.

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