RHH's photos with the keyword: amargosa valley

There are over 2000 feral burros in Death Valley National Park, the descendants of burros brought in by prospectors before Death Valley became a national park. They are a huge problem in the park since they eat the available vegetation and displace the native wildlife. This wild burro was photographed just outside the park between Rhyolite and Beatty, Nevada, in the Amargosa Valley.

Traveling from Death Valley to Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge we saw these sand dunes in the distance, but our information warned us of the danger of getting stuck without a four-wheel drive vehicle, so we had to be content to view them from a distance.

When we left Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, we traveled south through Nevada and California and reentered Death Valley National Park from the south through Jubilee Pass. This was some of the country along the way. The white is alkali and not snow.

Ash Meadows is the largest remaining oasis in the Mojave Desert. It is in Nevada east of Death Valley National Park in the Amargosa Valley and is home to many unique plants and animals. This is Longstreet Spring, one of the many springs in the area and home to one of the species of Pupfish that are found in the refuge's springs (see inset). What is especially interesting is that where Pupfish are found each area has its own species. Both photos were taken by my wife.