We left Death Valley after visiting the spectacular Ubehebe Crater.
"Ubehebe Crater is a large volcanic crater 600 feet deep and half a mile across. This is a Maar volcano, created by steam and gas explosions when hot magma rising up from the depths reached ground water. The intense heat flashed the water into steam which expanded until the pressure was released as a tremendous explosion. The western cluster of maar volcanoes was the first to form, then the southern cluster, followed by Ubehebe—the largest of them all—possibly as recently as 2,100 years ago. Cinders from these explosions cover much of the surrounding area." (National Park Service)
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