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Yellow creosote bush flowers, barbed wire, Ivanpah Dry Lake, and that white peak in the distance

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7495-nipton-moore-road.jpg Large culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsThumbnailsI'm also just high enough now above Ivanpah Valley to see a few flowers in addition to the creosote-bush scrubLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsThumbnailsI'm also just high enough now above Ivanpah Valley to see a few flowers in addition to the creosote-bush scrubLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsThumbnailsI'm also just high enough now above Ivanpah Valley to see a few flowers in addition to the creosote-bush scrubLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsThumbnailsI'm also just high enough now above Ivanpah Valley to see a few flowers in addition to the creosote-bush scrubLarge culverts beneath the raised train tracks in Ivanpah Valley prevent the tracks from washing out during heavy rainsThumbnailsI'm also just high enough now above Ivanpah Valley to see a few flowers in addition to the creosote-bush scrub

I'm over eight miles away from Nipton now, and have risen just enough (400 feet) to have a good view across Ivanpah Valley. Elevation here is 3400 feet.