Abandoned mine (borax?) near Shoshone on the road from baxter into the park
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What do sports car owners do on deserted desert roads? Fly!
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Deserts are also often used for target practice
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Evidence of "BIg Foot" in the desert.
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View from Zabriskie Point entering the Park
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The minerals create some amazing colors
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Time for that "once in a lifetime" picture
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Dunes near Stovepipe Wells
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Fascinating swirling pattens made by the wind in the sand
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Minerals exposed by the sand create artistic patterns
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We watched this "rainbow" like artifact in the sky near the sun at sunset for several minutes
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The ghost town of Rhyolite, just out of DV park in Nevada
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The Rhyolite train station was also a casino at one time
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Rhyolite train station
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The Cook Bank Building. No, this building is not 2000 years old. It was in pretty good shape until a film company reduced it to this state in the 60s for a movie.
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A standard problem in the desert!
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Old mechant building. Rhyolite grew to 6000+ inhabitants in a couple of years and died just as fast as the mines did not pay off.
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One of the abandoned mines in Rhyolite with the old jail in the foreground
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An old water tank in Rhyolite
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Rhyolite Mercantile - the general store
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An old train signal in the yard of the of the train station.
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The "Bottle House" built from 30-50,000 discarded bottles
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Our guide for a tour of the bottle house was a hoot-and she knew her history. The silhouette in the background was here friend and co-host.
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Some of the bottles used in the bottle house - most were beer bottles but you can see a bitters bottle (bottom) and the patent medicine at the top.
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