Today was our first full day below sea level. It was hot and dry in Death Valley, especially down in the valley. We learned that the basin is sinking due to extension from the Basin and Range and shear near Walker Lane. Leslie took us all the way up to Devil's View (~5000ft) in the Black Mountains to look down at the valley and then down to the Badwater Basin (-282ft) to see the evaporites in the basin. We also went up Mosaic Canyon to check out the metamorphism associated with all these tectonics.
And hey, deserts should have sand dunes, right?
Right.
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