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Death Valley National Park
The Artist's Drive & Artist's Palette
A nine mile one-way scenic loop drive through the fantastically colored clay and mudstones of the Artist's Drive Formation. These ancient volcanic ashfalls have been weathered by time and hot groundwater into clays of every color from pale aqua blue-green to rich carmine red.
 
Desert Five Spot  

Did You Know?
Death Valley is home to more than 1000 species of plants and more than 50 of those are endemics, found nowhere else in the world.
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Last Updated: September 26, 2006 at 14:21 EST