Lake Manley

Jeffrey

Jeffrey

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Made the journey to see the rare and occasional existence of Lake Manly in Death Valley. The phenomenon occurs only when there is substantial rainfall in a short period of time. That happened out there recently. The 'lake' is miles long but a consistent 4" deep throughout. Only when you see this do you become aware of just how flat the salt flats are. It was quite fun walking out a ways in the water to get the best views. The first two images are from earlier this week and the last image is of the same place on the salt flats when not covered in water, made about two years ago.

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AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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Gorgeous shots of this place with the lake. The lake actually has a name? I like your polygons in the last image as well. How long does it take to go from being a lake to forming the polygons again?
 
JimFox

JimFox

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Staff member
Hey Jeffrey,

It's awesome you got there too. I was there about 3 weeks ago, it's a pretty cool sight to see for sure.

I like your comparison from wet to dry, that's neat to see. And what awesome sunrise colors in #1.
 
Douglas Sherman

Douglas Sherman

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Jeffrey said:
Made the journey to see the rare and occasional existence of Lake Manly in Death Valley. The phenomenon occurs only when there is substantial rainfall in a short period of time. That happened out there recently. The 'lake' is miles long but a consistent 4" deep throughout. Only when you see this do you become aware of just how flat the salt flats are. It was quite fun walking out a ways in the water to get the best views. The first two images are from earlier this week and the last image is of the same place on the salt flats when not covered in water, made about two years ago.

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Beautiful images, Jeffrey. The lake that occupied this area during the ice age was known as Lake Manley. It is named after William L. Manly, who led a stranded group of Forty-niners out of Death Valley during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s.
 
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