DEATH VALLEY National Park (HD)

Filmed by Sheety33 during November of 2009.

Death Valley National Park is a National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada in the arid Great Basin of the United States. Parts of the park are in southern Inyo County and northern San Bernardino County in Eastern California, with a small extension into southwestern Nye County and extreme southern Esmeralda County in Nevada. In addition, there is an exclave (Devil's Hole) in southern Nye County. The park covers 5,262 square miles, encompassing Saline Valley, a large part of Panamint Valley, almost all of Death Valley, and parts of several mountain ranges. Death Valley National Monument was declared a U.S. National Monument in 1933, placing the area under federal protection. In 1994, the monument was redesignated a national park, as well as being substantially expanded to include Saline and Eureka valleys.

It is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the United States. The second-lowest point in the Western Hemisphere is in Badwater Basin, which is 282 feet below sea level. The park is home to many species of plants and animals that have adapted to this harsh desert environment. Some examples include creosote bush, Bighorn Sheep, Coyote, and the Death Valley Pupfish, a survivor of much wetter times. Approximately 95% of the park is designated as wilderness. Its wilderness area covers 4,774 square miles, making it the largest in the Lower 48 states, and the sixth largest in the United States overall. Death Valley National Park is visited annually by more than 770,000 visitors who come to see its diverse geologic features, desert wildlife, historic sites, scenery, and clear night skies.

Mining was the primary activity in the area before it was protected. The first documented non-Native Americans to enter Death Valley did so in the winter of 1849, thinking they would save time by taking a shortcut to the gold fields of California. They were stuck for weeks and in the process gave the valley its name, even though only one of their group died there. Several short-lived boom towns sprang up during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to exploit minor local bonanzas of gold. The only long-term profitable ore to be mined, however, was borax, a mineral used to make soap and an important industrial compound. Today, borax is an essential component of high-temperature resistant boro-silicate glass products, for example Pyrex cookware. Twenty-mule teams were used to transport ore out of the valley; helping to make it famous and the subject of books, radio programs, television series, and movies.

The natural environment of the area has been shaped largely by its geology. The valley itself is actually a graben. The oldest rocks are extensively metamorphosed and at least 1.7 billion years old. Ancient warm, shallow seas deposited marine sediments until rifting opened the Pacific Ocean. Additional sedimentation occurred until a subduction zone formed off the coast. This uplifted the region out of the sea and created a line of volcanoes. Later the crust started to pull apart, creating the current Basin and Range landform. Valleys filled with sediment and, during the wet times of glacial periods, with lakes, such as Lake Manly.

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[astramot]

Thanks for " Load's of video's to come :D" :) as I loooove all of your videos. Thanks for taking them! Great quality and finding the best views. I love daydreaming and they help me.:)

[Sheety33]

@astramot Wow thank you for the kind words! :D There really are "Loads of video's to come" too as I've just been in Yosemite for the past 6 days and have much to share! Thanks for viewing :D

[LilNiceWolf]

Magnificent Camera Work, Very Steady! Awesome composition and panning. Excellent close to far focus shifting! Beautiful Area! The picture has a very pleasing filmic character, like a cinema movie. I like the Aiptek camera's colors and exposure. Did you use a tripod? Did you do any in-camera exposure compensation on any shot? What white balance settings did you use. Did you do any color or sharpness adjustments in the edit?

[Sheety33]

Thank you very much! I used a tripod and any steadying methods I could think of. *A fluid motion is key*. The only in-camera exposure I did was setting the camera to the "sunny" outdoor setting, with automatic white balance. In the editing process, I adjusted the color of each shot to my liking and to bring out the true color that was present to the eye during filming. I think half the fun is the editing process and what you can dream up and create :D Load's of video's to come :D

[DeltaKilo915]

That's about the worse music for such a beautiful place, every time I hear beep my head explodes!

[lazydayhohum]

My favorite part was that sheety33 on the screen jackin' up the whole pretty video.

[screwdat27]

my footage of death valley is way betterr

[criticsHD]

17+ views im watching this with my class :D

[rodrigojunk]

Hi! I am planning a visit to Death Valley for next november. I am from Brazil and though I lived in LA for a while, I never been there. What's the kinda of vehicle you used while you were there?

Btw, very nice video! Awesome shots!

[griz11]

looks like you had the optical stabilizer engaged on some of those shots. Makes the slight hitch in the pans. I thought it came from YT cutting out frames to output at 25fps but a friend showed me that the OIS can cause the same problem. If you are too smooth it tries to correct you. Canyonlands is my fav. I haven't been out to Moab in a couple of years. I'd sure like to get back there with my XL2. Didn't have a video cam at the time.

[SlayerFTWdude]

best song ever