Day 3 - Ash Meadows - Paleozoic Fossils 2/18-25/24

Nice new bridge metalwork along the boardwalk trail to Crystal Spring.
Looking for a rare bird!
Laura and Z mosey off into the distance.
Crystal Springs. Its spits out about 2600 gallons of 86 degree water every minute! The water originates from a confined aquifer that forces its way up to the…
Crystal Springs. Its spits out about 2600 gallons of 86 degree water every minute! The water originates from a confined aquifer that forces its way up to the…
Pupfish!
Boardwalk from Crystal Spring to the visitor center.
Fossil collecting site outside of the park in some paleozoic limestone.
Great detail cross-section of chrinoid stem. Finger tip for scale.
I think the snowcapped peaks are the Spring Mountains and Charleston Peak, perhaps.
Students looking for horn corals and brachiopods at this old passive margin from the Paleozoic.
Another nice chrinoid find.
On the way back to Zabriskie, we took a quick two mile detour up Stateline Road from the Death Valley Junction. We got to experience driving across a flooded…
This dude washed our car. Thanks buddy.
Laura captured the ponding where the flow was originating.

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