Dante’s View

Dante’s View, at 5,475′, has one of the best views of Death Valley and the salt pans. It is over a mile down to Badwater Basin, which is almost directly below this point.

Badwater and the well worn pathway out to the salt pan.
Badwater and the well worn pathway out to the salt pan.
Well developed alluvial fan just west of Badwater.
Well developed alluvial fan just west of Badwater.
Artists Block and Furnace creek from Dante's View.
Artists Block and Furnace creek from Dante’s View.
Badwater Basin, dry in 2006.
Badwater Basin, dry in 2006.
Hanaupah Fault visible on the west side of Death Valley.
Hanaupah Fault visible on the west side of Death Valley.
Well defined and sinuous channel of the Amargosa River approaching Badwater Basin.
Well defined and sinuous channel of the Amargosa River approaching Badwater Basin.

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