Zabriskie Point [2] [3] [4] ( Zabriskie Point [1] ) is part of the Amargosa Range, located east of the Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California , USA . The hills of the area consist of sediments formed at the bottom of a lake that dried out 5 million years ago - long before the Death Valley appeared. The area attracts tourists with its distinctive erosion landscape and a variety of shades.
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| Absolute height | 215 [1] m |
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| State | California |
| County | Inyo |
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The place was named after an American businessman of Polish descent Christian Brevort Zabriski, vice president and general manager of Pacific Coast Borax. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the company carried out mining operations in the Death Valley. Sleds of twenty mules, attached to large wagons, transported the borax from the mines in Death Valley through the Mojave Desert to the nearest railroad, 165 miles (275 km) from the mines.
Geology
Millions of years before the actual flooding and expansion of the Death Valley, as well as the existence of Lake Manly, another lake occupied most of the Death Valley, including the Zabriskie Point area. This ancient lake began to form about nine million years ago. Over the course of several million years of the lake’s existence, sediments collected at the bottom in the form of salt mud , gravel formed as a result of the natural destruction of nearby mountains , and volcanic ash from the then active volcanic field of the Black Mountains . The climate of the area where the lake was located was dry, but not as dry as it is today. Camels , mastodons , horses , carnivores and birds left traces in the mud on the lake, along with fossil grasses and reeds . Borates , which made up most of the historical past of the Death Valley, formed in lake waters from thermal springs and changes in rhyolite in a nearby volcanic field. Weathering and thermal waters were also involved in the formation of the variety of colors of the area.
Gradually, the climate became more arid, which led to the complete drying of the lake and the creation of a dry lake . The subsequent expansion and sludge of the Death Valley, as well as the uplift of today's Black Mountains, led to a slope, which led to erosion, which gave rise to the badlands that we see today.
Zabriskie Point in Culture
Zabriskie Point is also the name of a 1970 film by Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni ; the soundtrack to which was written by the British band Pink Floyd and musician Jerry Garcia .
This area is prominently featured on the cover of The Joshua Tree 's album U2 rock band.
The terrain was used in the scenes of the film " Robinson Crusoe on Mars " to simulate the Martian landscape.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Zabriskie Point . Geographic Names Information System (USA) , US Geological Survey . Date of treatment April 8, 2018.
- ↑ V. Geographic terms. The spelling of compound names // Instruction on the Russian transfer of English geographical names / Ed. L.I. Anenberg . - M. , 1975 .-- S. 23-26. - 1000 copies. ( alternative link )
- ↑ IV. Accent // Instruction on the Russian transfer of English geographical names / Ed. L.I. Anenberg . - M. , 1975 .-- S. 23. - 1000 copies. ( alternative link )
- ↑ IV. Accent // Instruction on the Russian transfer of geographical names of Poland / Comp. A. 3. Skripnichenko ; Ed. N.K. Tarasyuk . - M. , 1975. - S. 13. - 400 copies.