Big Sky Reflection
Badwater Basin - Lake Manly
Death Valley National Park
California
March 2026
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One of the driest places on Earth, transformed into a mirror. Last Monday night (3/16) at Lake Manly, the mountains and the sky merged into a seamless reflection.
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A radiant sunset starburst reflects off Lake Manly just moments before the sun dips behind the Panamint Range in Death Valley National Park.
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Walking through the shallow waters of Lake Manly was an almost meditative experience. It’s a rare gift to see this lake once, let alone twice in two and a half years.
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Last Monday at Lake Manly was nothing short of ethereal. Shifting focus from yesterday’s northward view, this perspective looks southwest, where the sky and the ephemeral waters blur into one. Two different directions, the same breathtaking glow
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Lake Manly reflection
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“Lake Manly Shoreline” — Lake Manly and mountains with morning clouds.
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Cloud-filled sky above Lake Manly
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“Panamint Sky” — Winter sky, Panamint Range and Lake Manly.
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Lake Manly and Telescope Peak
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“Telescope Peak, Lake Manly” — Telescope Peak reflected in Lake Manly.
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A person at the edge of Lake Manly
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“At the Edge of Lake Manly, Sunrise” — Lake Manly with sunrise reflection.
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A male and female Common side-blotched lizard seen in the middle of reproducing. The female is giving me the 'skink eye.'
The steep ascent along the ridge leading to one of the upper areas of the hike. Scattered sagebrush may be seen dotting the tan landscape.
A view of the jagged ridge near the end of the trail, with a snow capped ridge seen in the distance, fading into the blue sky above.
Mt Perry via Dante's Ridge
Death Valley National Park, California
Hard, 9.24 out and back
2,621 ft elevation gain
Hiked 3/21/24
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Looking up towards the sign post which shows where sea level is, 282 ft above my location on a cliff wall.
A pile of salts that has precipitated when the water was a little higher. I lost the photos of it, but when underwater it had a little more structure to it, with a lot of nodules linked together.
A view across Lake Manly near sunset. The sky at this point was still mainly blue leading to a little yellow and then a salmon pink in the lowest horizon. A ridgeline may be seen extending on the far side of the lake through the center of frame. One thing to note is that the ridgeline seen would be barely above sea level, so only high in relation to my location at -282 ft.
The dusky salmon color seen at sunset over Lake Manly, also reflected in the lower frame. A few distant ridgelines may be seen running through the center of frame.
Badwater Basin/(Temporary) Lake Manly
Death Valley National Park, California
Nature Walk
No elevation gain- located at 282 ft below sea level
Hiked 3/19/24
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A person in the landscape at Lake Manly
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“Wading Lake Manly” — A person wades Lake Manly, with Death Valley mountain reflections.
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Hazy sunrise reflections at Lake Manly, Death Valley
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“Lake Manly Sky” — Sunrise clouds and Panamint Mountains reflected in Lake Manly, Death Valley.
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Lake Manly reflects Panamint Mountains, Death Valley.
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Panamint Sunrise, Lake Manly” — Winter solstice sunrise on the Panamint Range, reflected in Lake Manly.
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Lake Manly, Death Valley National Park, 2023
When Lake Manly forms, it gives Badwater Basin an other-wordly feel.
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From September to November, #DeathValley, located in California and Nevada, received 2.41 inches of rain, making it the national park's wettest fall, according to a news release on the park's website. #Rainfall #LakeManly
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¿Por qué resurge un lago glaciar en el Valle de la Muerte? #ValleDeLaMuerte #LakeManly #BadwaterBasin #DeathValley #LluviasRecord #California #ParqueNacional #CambioClimatico #NASA #SWOT #Clima #Desierto #11dediciembre #felizjueves
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“Badwater Sunbeams”
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The Panamint Range is reflected in the waters of Lake Manly (aka Badwater Basin) which is normally a dry salt flat but large amounts of rain resulted in the temporary lake.
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Sunrise in Death Valley at Lake Manly (aka Badwater Basin) in Feb of 2024. Badwater Basin is normally a dry salt flat but large amounts of rain resulted in the temporary lake. #DeathValley, #NationalPark, #NPS, #California, #BadwaterBasin, #LakeManly, #landscape, #photography
Badwater Basin, remnants of Lake Manly, Death Valley, May 2024. Shot on a Mamiya 7 with Rollei IR400 & an R72 filter.
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Badwater Basin, wading in the dregs of Lake Manly. 5/2024, Redscale Film.
My fav abstraction & Redscale from my summer trip that covered 14,000 miles
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How’s Geminids 2024? Well.. let’s enjoy this timelapse from last year 🤩
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The rare formation of Lake Manly in the Death Valley Badwater. It filled up after an unusually wet winter and held water through this past spring. An amazing sight! #deathvalley #lakemanly #badwater
2024 was an epic year for Lake Manly in Death Valley and the sunrise there did not disappoint either.
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“Desert Mountains and Lake Manly — Morning light on desert mountains with flow patterns in the distance.
(This photo isn’t quite what it seems. Read more at the link.)
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“Afternoon Light, Lake Manly” — Light beams above the snow-capped Panamint Mountains and Lake Manly.
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“Salt Pond” — A salt pond and surrounding playa terrain near Lake Manly.
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