Having scouted out the location earlier in the day, we returned for a spectacular sunset. Once the sun descended beyond the Panamint Range, the light began to get interesting.
Shadow Reflections
Salty water and the Black Mountains
The shadow of the Panamint Range creeps up the Black Mountains
Looking south towards Badwater in beautiful magic hour light
More Black Mountain reflections
A look towards Dante's View, covered with snow and ice
Salty patterns
Saltwater surface patterns resemble ice
Reflected colors coming alive
Salt Creek really lighting up
Salty encrustations break up the reflected sunset
The light really exploded at the end in a symphony of red and pink.
Magical light in Death Valley
Magical light reflected in the saltwater
Twilight begins to fade at Salt Creek
Before departing I turned the camera towards the symmetrical reflection of Telescope Peak after all the red had faded in the sunset.
Telescope Peak symmetry
This was a fantastic conclusion to the first day of my first visit to Death Valley in over a year. I slept soundly knowing that amazing images would await me the following morning as well as we returned to the same place we started with.
by Kurt
Qwiz - These are great! Thanks for sharing.