Photograph: Manly Beacon, Death Valley National Park
February 12, 2025 | Death Valley, California
Manly Beacon, a Death Valley icon - so named for the 1849 Death Valley emigrant pioneer, William Lewis Manly, is a beautiful structure in the Furnace Creek Formation and has a widely varied façade by compass direction. From the main hilltop at Zabriskie Point - where most photographers work - the Beacon appears as a sharply pointed spire. This beautiful vantage is gained from within the badlands south of the Beacon, near sunset.
Manly Beacon and the Black Mountain badlands in golden light near sunset, Death Valley National Park
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