Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley, USA by danapommet
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Description
Death Valley National Park is known as the land of extremes. It is the hottest, driest and lowest point in the US. Three million acres of desert wilderness. This is the Ubehebe Crater at the northern end of Death Valley. It is 600 feet deep and a half a mile across. This type of craters are known as Maar volcanoes, created by steam and gas explosions when hot magma rising up from the depths reached ground water. The intense heat flashed the water into steam, which expanded until the pressure was released as a tremendous explosion. Ubehebe, is the largest of these Maar volcanoes and was formed, possibly as recently as 300 years ago. Info based on data from the National Park Service.
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Dana
Comments (31)
auntietk
What a wonderful shot! I love the detail of the walls against the nearly watercolor fading of the mountains in the background. Nicely done!
sandra46
It looks a nasty place! but the photo is spectacular. Great information, even if a little scary: 300 years ago, did you say?
magicmoondesigns
Fantastic shot!
lior
So stunning shot!
mgtcs
Fantastic capture, Wonderful landscape!
flavia49
fantastic shot!!!!
nongo
Wow, I've never seen a photo of this before!!! amazing!!!!
3x3
wonderfull captured Dana x 5+
PD154
A very vast land you have there Dana, nice shot, your POV illustrates the sheer magnitude of it!
whaleman
Makes you feel a bit small, eh?
beachzz
Wow, I never knew this existed--amazing!!
Katraz
Great shot
tpx1
great capture
junior_2004
Fantastic colors and textures!
BessieB
An amazing place Dana, scary too!
petercp
Fabulous photograph Dana, such depth!
sossy
impressive and stunning view of the crater! thx for the interesting info! ;o)
prutzworks
nice shot & explanation
durleybeachbum
A superb shot of a rather disturbing place.
Richardphotos
I missed this and I went twice there. excellent capture
Cosme..D..Churruca
excellent.
pwilkin
Wow... so this is what we get when we add color to Ansel Adams!! Very nice capture! It's quite expansive!
orig_buggy
what a wonderful site!! Isn't nature a mystery still?
thevolunteer
Wow, nature sure is awesome. Great capture and information. Aloha
CavalierLady
Amazing image and fabulous place! It's hard to get a sense of the scale without a person or animal for comparison, glad you posted the dimensions! Great shot!
lucindawind
amazing view ~ a wonderful shot :)
moochagoo
I've been there twice in september. That was deadly hot. Impressive !
e-brink
An excellent photograph! Great scene.
mickeyrony
Superb catch my friend. The extreme is always enthralling. A nd for all those which are to go there know it well. That memories and passions point out our visit and it to us is well to bring back a small memory what ?? ((5++)) Superbe prise mon ami . L'extrème est toujours passionnant. et pour tout ceux qui y sont aller le savent bien . Que de souvenirs et passions nous rappellent notre visite et il est bien de rapporter un petit souvenir quoi ((5++))
jendellas
Zoomed this pic is awesome.