The Lowest point on the Continent!

Note: So this post was supposed to go between the "Entering Death Valley" post and the "Dante's View" post on Saturday, but something happened with the internet connection (go figure in the middle of the desert).

Badwater Basin- basically a salt flat like the area around Salt Lake City. This basin is 282 feet BELOW sea level. This means that if there is any sign of rain (which there rarely is heer), all the water will come flooding down to this point so you don't want to be around. There is actually a picture in their little newspaper of these huge boulders smashed on the hood of a car all because of a flash flood- pretty crazy!!

All the white you see really is compacted salt and sand. When you touch it, it is surprisingly pretty moist. Geologists wanted to know how deep the sand and salt mixture actually went and they found out its 900 feet until you hit rock!