California’s Death Valley National Park, located in the northern Mojave Desert, is considered to be the hottest, driest and lowest place on Earth. Larry visited Death Valley in December 2017 and February of 2018, capturing hundreds of dramatic and beautiful images, to include:

The Mesquite Dunes where sunrise and sunset produce dramatic shadows, highlighting the beautiful ripples, edges, and colors of the dunes.

Badwater Basin, noted as the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level.  In the basin he captured images of salt flats, which cover nearly 200 square miles.  The vast, surreal salt flats of Badwater Basin change constantly. Salt crystals expand, pushing the crust of salt into rough, chaotic forms. Newly formed crystals ooze between mud cracks, sketching strange patterns on the surface of the salt flat. Passing rainstorms wash off windblown dust and generate a fresh layer of blinding white salt. Floods create temporary lakes that dissolve salts back into solution, starting the process all over again. All of these elements are visible in his photos.

Ubehebe Crater - a large volcanic crater 600 feet deep and half a mile across - created about 2,100 years ago.  The crater was created by steam and gas explosions from magma rising up from the depths reaching ground water, the intense heat flashing the water into steam, which then expanded until the pressure was released as a tremendous explosion.