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Pink-orange stripes crown the New York Mountains on the southeast side of Ivanpah Valley

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7427-ivanpah-valley.jpg I still have another mile ahead of me before I reach the city lights of Nipton, and my tentThumbnailsIt's getting darker (and redder) by the minute as I follow a small drainage in the creosote-bush scrub on the way back to NiptonI still have another mile ahead of me before I reach the city lights of Nipton, and my tentThumbnailsIt's getting darker (and redder) by the minute as I follow a small drainage in the creosote-bush scrub on the way back to NiptonI still have another mile ahead of me before I reach the city lights of Nipton, and my tentThumbnailsIt's getting darker (and redder) by the minute as I follow a small drainage in the creosote-bush scrub on the way back to NiptonI still have another mile ahead of me before I reach the city lights of Nipton, and my tentThumbnailsIt's getting darker (and redder) by the minute as I follow a small drainage in the creosote-bush scrub on the way back to NiptonI still have another mile ahead of me before I reach the city lights of Nipton, and my tentThumbnailsIt's getting darker (and redder) by the minute as I follow a small drainage in the creosote-bush scrub on the way back to Nipton

Those distant sharp points in the mountains are the Castle Peaks, which appeared prominently in views while hiking and camping around Malpais Spring during the last couple of days.