Not so dead.(NOTABLE AMERICAN DESTINATIONS AND HAPPENINGS)(Death Valley, California)(Geographic overview)(Brief article)

Publication: Smithsonian

Publication Date: 01-MAY-08

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DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA -- In a land deemed dead, there's no greater adventure than searching for life. Bumping along in a four-wheel-drive and covering about 400 miles of the 5,300-square-mile desert, I found surprising biodiversity in this brittle landscape punctuated by mountains and canyons. Wildflowers carpeting the hillsides watered...

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