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Badwater Basin

Death Valley, USA

Badwater Basin
Photo by King of Hearts / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level, a salt flat in Death Valley where polygonal salt crusts stretch to the horizon. Most striking after rare rainstorms briefly transform it into a vast mirror.

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