On this mid-March morning I was heading for Furnace Creek in Death Valley. I had made a sunrise stop to photograph near the town of Trona before resuming my northward drive. The west side of the Panamint Mountains is visible along most of this route, and a snowstorm was winding down among the highest peaks, lending an alpine quality to the desert landscape.
The Panamint Mountains are tall, with the highest summer being Telescope Peak at 11,000 feet of elevation. (The summit is known for being a spot from which one can see both the lowest and highest points in the contiguous United States, respectively Badwater and Mt. Whitney.) It is pretty normal to see snow up there during the winter, though this time it seemed to descend a bit further down the slopes than usual.
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