Rajan,
I like the 2nd shot best. Where was that taken (from)? I have been to the Eureka Dunes three times now (love that area of Death Valley). The road in, however, is the worst wash board road I have ever been on. Last spring when I drove in I lost one of the battery cables on my Tacoma.
Chuck.
Chuck,
The Racetrack road is far more washboarded.
See the attached map. The location where that shot was taken from is in the Last Chance Range and GPS coordinates are:
37°11'55.7"N 117°42'25.2"W. If you want to go there, go GPS armed and with a high clearance vehicle. There is a maze of tracks made by miners and it is easy to get lost. The turnoff from the road to get into the mountains is near the old Sulphur Mine. I got to know about this location when I was researching last year possible spots for framing Eureka Dunes in ways that aren't common. My search lead me to
this post.
When we got to the overlook the sun had set and I didn't get the shadows and light I was hoping for. But this was a preliminary scouting trip and I'll go there again.
Parenthetically I will note that
Lingenfelter's book has given me a good sense of this area and its history, but it is only after seeing personally these remote off-the-circuit locales that you realize just how (admirably) crazy those people who first came here hoping to realize their dreams were.
