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From Dante's View, you can see both the snowy top of Telescope Peak and the salt flat of Badwater.

Death Valley national park is the largest national park in the lower 48 states. The park has the hottest, driest, and lowest places in North America. The highest point of the park, Telescope Peak (11,049 feet) of the Panamint Mountains, lies only 15 miles from the lowest point in Western Hemisphere ---Badwater (282 feet below sea level). This makes the ways in and out of the valley very steep. In summer months, the temperature in Death Valley is usually around 110 degrees (43 Celcius). The average temperature in July is 115 degrees (46 Celcius), and the record high was 134 (57 Celcius)! Imagine that!!! The name "Death Valley" is quite scary, and so are the names of places in the Valley, such as Devil's Cornfield, Devil's Golf Course, Badwater, Furnace Creek etc. Sounds like the people who first "discovered" this place had a miserable time. As bad as it sounds, Death Valley showcases an amazing and charming display of geologically diverse landscapes. This barren and hostile-looking place offers habitats for a wide variety of well-adaptated life forms.

Scotty's Castle	Ubehebe Crater	Sand Dunes	Salt Creek Trail	Natural Bridge	Artist Drive
Harmony Borax Works	Zabriskie Point	Dante's View	Devil's Golf Course	Badwater	Others
On the way to Death Valley, we also visited Pinnacles National Natural Landmark