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The Racetrack in Death Valley National Park is a place of stunning beauty and mystery. This playa, a dry lakebed, is
famous for its strange moving rocks.
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Salt Creek Nature Trail
Returning to Rte. 190, head south. The drive comes to Salt Creek, a wash that flows from
springs year-round and is the home of one of nature's anomalies: inch-long pupfish left
overfromtheIceAge.Throughthecenturies,aswaterintheareabecamescarcerandmore
salty, the pupfish managed to survive by gradually adapting to their changing habitat.
Asyoufollowthedirtpathandboardwalkthatformalooptrailthroughthearea,notice
thevegetation, includingpickleweed andsaltgrass,andlookforthetracksofnightvisitors
such as bobcats, foxes, and coyotes. Salt Creek is a choice area for birding, too; Be on the
alert for ravens, spotted sandpipers, killdeers, common snipes, as well as birds of prey.
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