Artists Palette Death Valley Geology. Colourful rocks known as the artist's palette, death valley, california. Humans viewing the artist’s palette.

The exposed geology of the death valley area presents a diverse and complex set of at least 23 formations of sedimentary units, two major gaps in the geologic record called unconformities, and at least one distinct set of related formations geologists call a group.the oldest rocks in the area that now includes death valley national park are extensively metamorphosed by intense heat and. Here you can see a fabulous array of variously colored. Death valley national park is a phenomenal study of erosion, weather, geology, sand dunes, salt formations, and huge spring wildflower blooms on rare occasions.

Artist's drive, death valley national park:

The artist's palette is a spot on the artist's drive, a 9 mile one way loop off badwater rd, south of the furnace creek junction with hwy 190. The lowest place below the sea level. Death valley’s technicolor terrain continues to the south at artist’s palette, a stunning sweep of bright pink, green, purple and blues. Artist's drive rises up to the top of an alluvial fan fed by a deep canyon cut into the black mountains.