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View of the basin from Badwater Road.
The Badwater parking lot.
Informational diagrams at the parking lot.
Entry to Badwater Basin.
The lowest elevation in the North America.
Where the water rises from the aquifer under Death Valley.
Badwater Basin.
Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park.
Salt flat on Badwater Basin.
Salt flat on Badwater Basin.
Badwater Basin.
Salt formations on Badwater Basin.
Salt formations on Badwater Basin.
Amargosa Mountains from Badwater Basin.
Salt encroching on the mud flats in Badwater Basin.