98 Year History of Human Wear & Tear Mushroom Rock

[DeathValleyDazed]

To document how much more hazardous humans are than natural forces to Death Valley Landmarks I took a closeup of The Mushroom Rock during my recent visit to DEVA on March 29th and juxtaposed scenes onto vintage scenes starting back in 1925.

Some of the rock surface seems to have faces crying out "Please protect me. Don't let people chip away at me!" Also, if you notice the large rock half buried in the sand between the Mushroom and the road, it may be the broken off north face half? It would be too heavy for vandals to have carted off?

[Brice]

NPS has a nice graphic with a slider that shows the differences too.

https://www.nps.gov/deva/power-of-the-earth.htm

[DeathValleyDazed]

NPS has a nice graphic with a slider that shows the differences too.

Hey, I appreciate you posting this page and link because I've never seen this photo history slider technology before. The presentation is mighty fine. I dropped a compliment comment on that page to show my appreciation.

[DAW89446]

I’ve got an old, folded, flip style post card of popular DV landmarks, postmarked, showing Mushroom rock. It’s similar to the Frasher Foto in the NPS page Brice posted, though it’s not a Frasher Foto.

I was invited by the NPS along with members of the regional press to tour the flood damage in 2004. Author/historian Robin Flinchum wrote articles for the Inyo Register and Pahrump Times, I snapped photos. It was amazing to see those vault toilets, along with the wrecked vehicles down stream from Furnace Creek Inn.