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California : San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Carmel, Monterey, Hearst Castle, Pismo Beach, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Hollywood
Arizona : Oatman, Kingman, Grand Canyon, National Park, Page, Antelope Canyon
Utah : Monument Valley, National Park, Lake Powell, Zion National Park
Nevada : Las Vegas
California : Shoshone, Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park, Mammoth Lake, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa, San Francisco
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After this unique experience, a radical change of scenery: Death Valley aka The Valley of Death. After two hours we are finally in an ultra hot desert. To tell you I did not even know that such heat could exist on Earth. Extreme temperatures found on Earth, average temperatures of 35 ° C, the day can reach up to 52 ° C and the night about 30 ° C. Signs indicating that it is strongly discouraged to visit this place after only 10am, we started the ride.
Badwater, again a dismal name, like most places here. This is the lowest point in the United States, 86 meters under sea level. The Badwater soil has a special look: when it rains, in spring, the pond fills with water, which evaporates little by little, creating a smooth saline surface, as in salt marshes. Gradually, everything continues to break and the ground becomes more chaotic, as if it had been plowed (and that’s finally what we saw).
While driving on a beautiful one-way winding road, Artist’s Drive, we arrive at the Artist’s Palette. On the facade of the mountain, surprising colors reveal deposits of feral minerals, which are tinted under the effect of oxidation (the iron becomes red, the mica becomes green and the manganese, purple). We go for a walk for 10 minutes to get a little closer to this strange point of view. And always, alone, silence.