Cristina Nita-Rotaru
Assistant Professor Department of Computer Sciences
Purdue University
Death Valley National Park, California
Death Valley is an unusual, amazingly beautiful place, almost from another
world. It made me realize how easily we take everything for granted, when being
at Dante's View (one of the highest points in the park,
giving you a nice view of the whole valley), I read a couple of words written
on one of the touristic panels. I don't remember the exact words, it
was saying something like "Look around at all the mountains and the
valley. Now look again and imagine them with vegetations and trees and
imagine down a lake. To get that, all you need is water." I think I never
realized before how fragile we are and how much life depends on
water (maybe I got some idea from Dune:)).
What I liked the best? I liked everything, the Artists Pallete
beautiful colors, the sunrise at Zabriskie Point, the view of the
valley from Dante's View, the dunes. However, I will say that my
favourite was the trip from the Golden Canyon to the Zabriskie Point
just because I like hiking so much.
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To the Dunes
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The Dunes
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The Dunes
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Some vegetation.
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Bedwater, all you see is salt.
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The Artists Pallete
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From Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point, the Red Cathedral is in the background.
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From Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point, the Red Cathedral can be seen in the background.
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From Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point which can be seen in the background (left)
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Sunrise at Zabriskie Point
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Sunrise at Zabriskie Point
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Sunrise at Zabriskie Point
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Sunrise at Zabriskie Point
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View of Death Valley from Dante's View
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Bush