Death Valley National Park, California. Gravel fans rising from the edge of
the salt-pan to the foot of the Panamint Range at the mouth of Hanaupah Canyon.
The youngest gravels, the light-colored areas on the fans, are along the
present washes and are important areas of recharge by floods issuing onto the
fans from the mountains. The older gravels, stained dark with desert varnish,
form terraces and are capped by desert pavement; these gravels favor run-off.
The snow-capped peak is Telescope Peak, altitude 11,049 feet, and is the
highest point on the rim of the hydrologic basin. Foreground altitude is 260
feet below sea level. Circa 1960.
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ID. Malde, H.E. 455