Artist's Palette in the Death Valley is

Death Valley, UNITED STATES: Artist's Palette in the Death Valley is pictured 19 November 2006. Death Valley, the largest national park in the US, comprises more than 3.3 million acres of desert wilderness. Anthropologists estimate that roaming humans first settled in Death Valley roughly 10,000 years ago. Some 2,000 years ago, native peoples lived along the edge of a 30-foot-deep-lake. In 1849, a group of gold rush pionneers entered the Valley, thinking it was a shortcut to California. After barely surviving the trek across the aera they named the spot "Death Valley". In the 1880's native peoples were pushed out by mining companies who sought the riches of gold, silver, and borax. AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)