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Gower Gulch, Death Valley, Calif.

Caption: In the years after it was diverted to protect a village downstream, Furnace Creek Wash has carved through Death Valley's Gower Gulch when rains strike the National Park.

Credit: Noah P. Snyder, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boston College

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