Berny's photos

Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley, California, noted as the lowest point in North America and the United States, with a depth of 86 m below sea level. The PiP shows an image 10 years later, when we made a 10000 miles roundtrip through the West by Harleys in 1996. scanned slides, Minolta X700

The Devil's Golf Course is a large salt pan on the floor of Death Valley. It was named after a line in the 1934 National Park Service guide book to Death Valley National Monument, which stated that "Only the devil could play golf" on its surface, due to a rough texture from the large halite salt crystal formations. scanned slide, Minolta X700

Zabriskie Point is located east of Death Valley in California, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago. The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. Zabriskie Point is also the name of a 1970 movie by Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni. scanned slides, Minolta X700 ► Poly's view ► Stefan's view

scanned slide, Minolta X700

Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nevada, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding hills. During an ensuing gold rush, thousands of gold-seekers, developers, miners and service providers flocked to the Bullfrog Mining District. Many settled in Rhyolite, which lay in a sheltered desert basin near the region's biggest producer, the Montgomery Shoshone Mine.

approaching Death Valley on Highway 190

Sierra Nevada and Owens Lake Photo is taken in direction of Mount Whitney (4421 m)‎, the highest peak of the Sierra Nevada, but which cannot be seen here. It's behind the horizon. scanned slide, Minolta X700

"Grizzly Giant" is the oldest tree in Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias with an age of about 3000 years. It is rated the 25th largest tree in the world, height is about 64 metres, volume is almost 900 m³. See PiP's! scanned slide, Minolta X700

A group of giant Sequoias in Mariposa Grove (California) and a PiP with selfie ;-) scanned slide, Minolta X700

Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias - National Park, see PiP's scanned slide, Minolta X700 A Sequoia stump from below: Another fallen giant in Redwood National Park:

With this new scans of old slides I try my best to add the location as geotag. This is sometimes quite difficult and becomes an obsession. Yesterday I searched for hours in Google Earth and Google Street View, until I found it finally (see Google Street View below). Happy and sad at the same time, because the wonderful old tree has collapsed in the meantime and has been cut into pieces. Anyway - HFF and stay safe and happy, folks!