The Charcoal Kilns, bee-hive structure, designed by Swiss engineers, built by Chinese labourers in 1879, Panamint range, Emigrant Canyon Road, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America, North America

View to the Panamint Range from the world's lowest-lying golf course, Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America, North America

View over Badwater Basin to the Panamint Range, sunrise, Dante's View, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America, North America

View by moonlight over Badwater Basin to the Panamint Range, Dante's View, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America, North America

Panoramic view by moonlight over Badwater Basin to the Panamint Range, Dante's View, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America, North America

Sunrise over Badwater and the Panamint Range from Dantes View, Death Valley National Park, California, United States of America, North America

View from Zabriskie Point or Zabriske Point, eroded rocks discoloured by minerals, Manly Beacon, sunset, Panamint Range at back, Death Valley National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA

Spectacular lighting after sunset, salt crust on the Devil's Golf Course, Panamint Range, Black Mountains, Death Valley National Park, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America, USA

Salt pan, salt crystals, sunrise in Badwater Basin above Panamint Range, Death Valley National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA

View from Zabriskie Point to Manly Beacon with eroded rocks discoloured by minerals, Panamint Range at back, sunset, Death Valley National Park, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

Emerging Sierra Wave cloud form in the evening light, view from Zabriskie Point to Manly Beacon with eroded rocks discoloured by minerals, Panamint Range at back, sunrise, Death Valley National Park, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

View from Zabriskie Point to Manly Beacon with its eroded rocks coloured by minerals, Panamint Range at back, dawn, sunrise, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Sierra Wave cloud form, fully formed, evening light over Panamint Range, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, Mojave Desert, California, United States of America

A Road sign on CA 178 between Trona and Death Valley National Park with snow covered Telescope Peak (11049 ft, 3369 m) in the background in Panamint Valley, California on february 15, 2004. Although Death Valley is considered the hottest place on earth some summits in the park receive few feet of snow every winter.

Charcoal kiln. Panamint mountains. Death valley national park. Built 1877. California