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Discover the geological wonders of North America’s hottest and lowest national park, packed with raw, wild and untouched landscapes ripe for exploring.

Stand on the lowest elevation in North America when you visit this spectacular salt flat beside the Black Mountains in the heart of Death Valley.

Panoramic and solitary views of the Badwater Basin and Panamint Valley, especially stunning at sunset, offer rewards at the end of a washboard-like drive.

Get your camera ready for the panoramic vistas from atop the Black Mountains, widely considered some of the best views in Death Valley National Park.

Panoramic and solitary views of the Badwater Basin and Panamint Valley, especially stunning at sunset, offer rewards at the end of a washboard-like drive.

Get your camera ready for the panoramic vistas from atop the Black Mountains, widely considered some of the best views in Death Valley National Park.

Get your camera ready for the panoramic vistas from atop the Black Mountains, widely considered some of the best views in Death Valley National Park.

The answer to a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades lies in this dry lakebed, which is speckled with rocks that seem to move by themselves.

This part of Death Valley National Park is made up of an otherworldly terrain of clay, sand and the surrounding mountains.

See where Death Valley’s borax boom started when you explore the ruined structures of a 19th-century ore-processing plant in Furnace Creek Springs.

Clamber over the serrated surface of this enormous saltpan in Death Valley, where huge halite salt crystals have sculpted the bottom of a former lake.

The perfect introduction to Death Valley is this lookout near the entrance, where fighter jets occasionally whiz by on their way to nearby Rainbow Canyon.

This part of Death Valley National Park is made up of an otherworldly terrain of clay, sand and the surrounding mountains.

Clamber over the serrated surface of this enormous saltpan in Death Valley, where huge halite salt crystals have sculpted the bottom of a former lake.

Get your camera ready for the panoramic vistas from atop the Black Mountains, widely considered some of the best views in Death Valley National Park.

Get your camera ready for the panoramic vistas from atop the Black Mountains, widely considered some of the best views in Death Valley National Park.

Get your camera ready for the panoramic vistas from atop the Black Mountains, widely considered some of the best views in Death Valley National Park.

Clamber over the serrated surface of this enormous saltpan in Death Valley, where huge halite salt crystals have sculpted the bottom of a former lake.

Clamber over the serrated surface of this enormous saltpan in Death Valley, where huge halite salt crystals have sculpted the bottom of a former lake.

The perfect introduction to Death Valley is this lookout near the entrance, where fighter jets occasionally whiz by on their way to nearby Rainbow Canyon.

Preserved by its remoteness and the dry desert heat, the remains of an early 20th-century mine make it look as though it was abandoned just a few years ago.

The perfect introduction to Death Valley is this lookout near the entrance, where fighter jets occasionally whiz by on their way to nearby Rainbow Canyon.

This part of Death Valley National Park is made up of an otherworldly terrain of clay, sand and the surrounding mountains.

Get your camera ready for the panoramic vistas from atop the Black Mountains, widely considered some of the best views in Death Valley National Park.