Wikipedia:POTD column/February 22, 2006

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Zabriskie Point at sunrise in Death Valley

Zabriskie Point is an area in Death Valley National Park noted for its beautiful erosional landscape. It is called a badlands due to its difficult-to-traverse topography. The area is composed of sediment from Lake Zabriskie, which dried-up 9 million years ago - long before Death Valley existed. Zabriskie Point is named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie of Wyoming Territory.

Photo credit: Daniel Mayer
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