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Zabriskie Point Sunset

Death Valley, California

Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located in east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in the United States noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago — long before Death Valley came into existence. The Formation is made up of over 5000 feet (1500 m) of mudstone, siltstone, and conglomerate. The borates were concentrated in these lakebeds from hot spring waters and altered rhyolite from nearby volcanic fields.

The location was named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company in the early 20th century. The company's twenty-mule teams were used to transport borax from its mining operations in Death Valley. Christian Brevoort was the grandson of a Polish nobleman - Albrycht Zaborowski, Lutheran born in 1638 in Węgorzewo, Poland.

Reportedly, philosopher Michel Foucault described his experience of taking LSD at this point in 1975, the greatest experience of your life :)
The site was also shown in the movie Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point. This location was used in the film Kill Bill: Volume 2.


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FrankB06-Oct-2013 11:35
fabulous capture of the point.....even without the LSD.. :-)) ...++V
Aivar Mikko25-Mar-2012 17:45
Wonderful landscape!
Monique Simons24-Mar-2012 11:33
Incredible beautiful landscape and I love the way the rocks on the right side are colored. BV
fineartism23-Mar-2012 00:02
Wonderful capture of this impressive landscape !!! V
Maurice.
Guest 22-Mar-2012 04:56
What an interesting story! And a magnificent photo, great shapes and textures but my favorite part is what looks like a rainbow on the peaks.
Cindi Smith21-Mar-2012 21:45
The detail is incredible! Wow! V
Kinga Chwalkowska Zadlak21-Mar-2012 18:57
Excellent! ~V~
Peter Sussex21-Mar-2012 18:51
Looks like it was 3D:) Fabulous landscape Tomasz, my compliments. V
Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography21-Mar-2012 18:14
zabijasz !to jest swietne,v
Walter Otto Koenig21-Mar-2012 16:05
Amazing shapes, textures and colors. "V"
William Barletta21-Mar-2012 15:13
Fabulous detail and great clarity. Bravo!
Marcia Rules21-Mar-2012 13:09
earth tones wearing fine details! V
Stephanie21-Mar-2012 11:57
Amazing details!!! Wow! BV
Guest 21-Mar-2012 11:36
Superb. Best J