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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