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Rainbow Mountain in the Amargosa Basin near Death Valley, showing colorful folded rock layers of the Amargosa Chaos.
Within the Amargosa Wild and Scenic River corridor near Death Valley stands Rainbow Mountain, a billion-year-old beautiful mess known to geologists as part of the Amargosa Chaos. Famous now. Photographed. Explained. Pointed at. Interpreted. I go there often to be awed by it. But the first time I really looked at it, decades ago, it...
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Scouting a Mojave Desert history route in the Spring Mountains near Death Valley, including agave roasting pits, mining ruins, and the Old Spanish Trail.
Field Notes from a Spring Mountains scouting trip The Spring Mountains rise abruptly from the Mojave Desert, their wind-swept summits lifting into cooler worlds of pinyon, juniper, ponderosa pine, ancient bristlecone, creosote, white bursage, and Mojave yucca. Only a short drive from my home at Cynthia’s Basecamp, this steep range holds layers of desert history:...
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