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The Traveler: Lew Beccone of Minneapolis.

The scene: A setting sun illuminated a weather-beaten world at Death Valley National Park. "Beautiful and stark, Zabriskie Point overlooks a heavily eroded badlands geography and is a favorite spot for viewing sunsets and sunrises," Beccone wrote in an e-mail. The area in eastern California is the lowest, driest and hottest area in North America.

The Trip: Beccone traveled to the park in early March to see a rare super bloom of wildflowers, the result of heavy rains in the fall. "We … thoroughly enjoyed the desert in bloom. February and March are a wonderful time for hiking and exploring in the area. Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the Lower 48 states, and it contains and is surrounded by a wide variety of geographic features — from salt flats, to sand dunes, to badlands and snow-capped mountains." He stayed for two nights at the Shady Lady B&B north of Beatty, Nev. "Until December 1914, the Shady Lady had been a working brothel, and it appears that they have retained much of the original decor," Beccone wrote.

Nearby sites: Beccone also enjoyed exploring the ghost town of Rhyolite and the outdoor sculptures at the Goldwell Open Air Museum near Beatty.

The equipment: Panasonic Lumix GF1 camera.

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