Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

Pictures illustrating the impressive heat experienced in Death Valley. These photos are available to download and use in news stories, crediting "courtesy of the National Park Service."

*The copyright status of these images may vary. Check the copyright status on the image detail pages before you download them.

Bright sun over a flat valley with no plants. A dry creek bed runs down the middle.

Dry Wash and sun NPS JJurado.j...

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Dry mud cracked into small polygons with a dead twig.

Racetrack Playa

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Search and Rescue

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a low angle image showing sun shining through a dead shrub in a gravel valley

Shrub in Sun

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an ice pack is held to a camera, which is pointed toward a female ranger who stands in desert gravel.

Filming in extreme heat

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Five people stand by a large thermometer in a desert setting. Thermometer reads 120 degrees F, 49 degrees C.

Thermometer Spectators 120F NP...

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a thermometer with a large temperature display and decorative mosaic next to the visitor center.

Thermometer 128F.JPG

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a thermometer with a large number display next to the visitor center

Thermometer 129F.

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thermometer with a large temperature display near the visitor center

Thermometer 130F.JPG

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thermometer with a large display next to a visitor center

Thermometer 131F.JPG

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five people stand around a thermometer reading 131 degrees F. One wears a bright read coat and points to the temperature with a smile.

Thermometer 131F wtih visitors...

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