Death Valley's Sand Dunes Claim A Hiker

[DeathValleyDazed]

It also seems as if she was disoriented, leaving the dune system on the north. 

Actually I've had heaps of fun exploring areas north of The Mesquite Sand Dunes and coming across mysterious (at least to me) objects. For example steel re-bar markers, downed telegraph/phone lines, odd shaped mounds of soil much higher and pointed than the mounds around the mesquite trees, weird mud crack formations, an occasional rusted tin can. Here's a video of the rebar north of the dunes that may have tweaked her curiosity. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D9JAuSdT5Q

Here's video about the mounds and other objects north of the dunes. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btTVxq8nhNw

Here's what the park visitor may have seen from north of the dunes. I wonder if by chance she was a photographer seeking a non-traditional view of the dunes looking south towards Tucki Mountain? Maybe curiosity got the best of her and she wandered too far from the dune field? A snake bit is a remote possibility? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL2omTdW5Vo