Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park

Salt minerals, or Borates, were deposited in ancient lake beds that uplifted and eroded into the yellow Furnace Creek badlands. Water dissolved the borates and carried them to the Death Valley floor (as seen here at Badwater Basin), where the salt minerals recrystallized as borax. Check-out this photo, taken at 282 ft. below sea level: Badwater Basin

October 12, 2008 at 7:19 pm | California