Chocolate and Vanilla
by Joe Schofield
Title
Chocolate and Vanilla
Artist
Joe Schofield
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley.
This iconic scene of Death Valley is an elevated overlook of a colorful, undulating landscape of gullies and mud hills at the edge of the Black Mountains, just a few miles east of Death Valley. From the viewpoint, the flat salt plains on the valley floor are visible in the distance. In the past it was possible to drive right to the edge of the overlook, and several minutes of the famous Zabriskie Point movie (1970, Antonioni) was set there, but since then a new larger car-park has been constructed lower down and visitors now have a short walk uphill. Most people do little more than briefly admire the scenery, which is best at sunrise, but it is easy to climb some of the adjacent hills to get a better overall view, or wander down amongst the variegated dunes. A hiking trail leads through the mounds, down a ravine and into Gower Gulch after 2 miles, while another branch veers north into Golden Canyon.
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April 1st, 2024
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Cheri Ceridwen
My mother used to call this the chocolate sundae mountains, Joe.
Joe Schofield replied:
Exactly! There is a sort of โsoft-serveโ ice cream appearance to some of the terrain in the desert
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