The Ubehebe Crater is dished into the northern end of the Panamint
Range in Death Valley and surrounded by the cinders and ash of its eruption and
pyroclastic flow 2,000 to 7,000 years ago. This young crater is well defined
and of a scale that makes it accessible to almost everyone. We hiked the 1.5-mile
cinder trail around the rim with views of a landscape turned inside out. It’s
beautiful in its starkness and color. |
| Ubehebe Crater. |
At the far side of the crater we can see our van at the
parking lot a half mile away. The crater is a half mile across and 500 feet
deep. There are trails going into it but they’re steep cinder paths dropping
straight down into the interior.
Little Ubehebe at the edge of the main crater also has a
trail around the rim. It’s a handsome little crater with a black rim and red
interior.
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| Half way around the crater, our van on the other side. |
The harsh landscapes in Death Valley could be on another
planet. Since we’ll never experience any other but our own we can let our
imaginations go and be explorers of a new world. Death Valley reminds us what
an amazing and diverse world we live on.
Tomorrow we head for Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas.
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| To be a human in a big landscape. |
Till then,
Jackie
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| A landscape of ash and pyroclastic flow. |
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| Little Ubehebe Crater. |
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