Mojave Desert, California (Pan)

Southward views of Amargosa Valley in the vicinity of Eagle Mountain. Eagle Mountain lies just south of Ash Meadows, where the Amargosa River gets its start. Aerial view of Eagle Mountain, a tilted fault block, in the center of the Amargosa Valley. Here, the Amargosa River empties out of a large playa.

playa, evaporite, arid