The men wonder aloud if a fire once charred these ancient peaks. If, in fact, this is an entryway to hell. “Das Tal des Todes,” one says in German. The Valley of Death. Even in the 1800s ...

This oasis in Death Valley National Park in California has historically been a place for travelers to rest and refuel before ...

looked down from those peaks at the valley that had nearly killed them when one of them supposedly remarked, “Goodbye, Death Valley.” So goes the tale of how the area was christened.

Death Valley's record dates back over 100 years ... there isn't a simple mechanism that can sharpen the existing heat peaks other than long-term global warming, which has added about 2 degrees ...

Death Valley National Park is a land of extremes, from its steady drought and record summer heat to its snow-frosted peaks in winter and rare rainstorms that bring vast fields of wildflowers ...

Eventually, drivers can head out of Death Valley National Park via Daylight Pass Road, a fully paved mountain pass offering incredible views of the desert and surrounding rugged peaks. This road ...

Death Valley has also stood in for fictional planets ... They’re the stark, charcoal-and-brown peaks of the basin and range. The highest among them is 11,000 feet. A deep Ice Age lake once ...