"We were somewhere near Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold ..." No, wait. That's a different story.
But only slightly. This story does occur somewhere near Barstow, somewhere on the edge of the desert ... in a place known to the rest of the world as Death Valley.
Horror stories about Death Valley are as famous as the terrain. The ones at the beginning of its history are especially severe. Pioneers stumbling blind into its hot sands. Families resorting to cannibalism. Children sitting
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This Is Baked Clay
Which means it's *literally* as hot as a kiln in Death Valley.
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The Gunslinger
"I came here to chew some bubble gum and kick some ass. I just ran out of...
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Salt of the Earth
This is the salt of the earth: honest, plain-spoken, and hard-working....
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Extreme Close-Up
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This Is Not Gingerbread.
It's not even edible. But Curren tried eating it anyways. What a dirty girl.
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The Devil's Golf Course
These are craggy salt formations measuring about three feet high....
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Lake Manly
The torrential rains in California this winter have formed the five-mile-long...
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The Lowest Point In America
Every July, the Badwater Ultramarathon starts here. It's three...
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Dead Ducks
Lake Manly is two feet deep. Everywhere. It's also twice as salty as the...
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This is California.
Not Arabia, Libya, or Morocco. CALIFORNIA.
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Attention Deficit
The glaciers must've been suffering some heavy ADD when they formed Death...
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The Gear
On my head, you'll see the Panama Straw, a stylish yet functional...
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Salt Creek
The only place in Death Valley that can sustain wildlife. We spotted...
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Pupfish
Let me make the irony explicitly clear: These are FISH that live in Death...
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Twenty-Mule Wagon Team
Let's be honest. Death Valley was settled by greedy white men looking for...
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Ubehebe Crater
Say it with me: U-buh-hee-bee. This mofo was formed by an immense steam...
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The Rim of the World
Standing at the lip of the Ubehebe Crater.
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The Darkness
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My Favorite Photo
Sunset near the Ubehebe Crater. You simply had to be there.
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Genesis 1:14
"And on the seventh day, God made digital cameras with memory...
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Mystery Play
"In the name of Woden's hammer, I command you, meek scrubs, to...
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Wildflowers in the Volcanic Rubble
The record rainfall caused these little shoots to sprout all over the Valley.
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Scotty's Castle
But it wasn't actually his castle. Scotty was a fraud. After...
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Father Crowley's Point
This is where the "desert padre" liked to view his territory...
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Twilight
A sliver of moon hangs in the sky like a clipped fingernail. Good...
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