RHH's photos with the keyword: ubehebe crater

We leave for home tomorrow morning after two weeks of travelling, the last week spent in Death Valley National Park. We have 16 hours of driving ahead of us, but had a wonderful time - good weather, good company and stunning scenery. We hiked about a total of about 25 miles and spent two days exploring the backcountry in a 4WD Jeep. The photo was taken this afternoon on our last excursion and is of a volcanic crater about 2000 years old.

Wherever one goes in Death Valley its volcanic origin is obvious, but here a crater and the results of its eruption can be seen and explored. Ubehebe Crater is on the north end of the park where the paved road ends and it is possible both to walk the rim of the crater and to walk down to the bottom of the crater as is obvious from the figures that can be seen in the photo. The crater is half a mile (one kilometer) wide and 500 to 777 feet (150 to 237 m) deep. The age of the crater is estimated from 2,000 to 7,000 years old.