Thomas de Groot wrote:

> news:467851ba@news.povray.org...
> 
> 
>>In the future, I'd like to go for Botrange in Belgium's Haute Fagnes 
>>highlands, later perhaps even for Ireland's Carrantuohil or Ben Nevis in 
>>Scotland! But then, thinking about discarded NASA spacesuits would be a 
>>good idea...
>>
> 
> 
> ...And you should go to the deepest points too! (not caves!)
> - Alexanderpolder (NL) -8m, if I am correct
> - Death Sea
> - Death Valley
> - Kara Bogaz
> ... and several others certainly
> 
> Thomas 
> 

I live in Southern California, and have visted Death Valley a number of 
times -- a fascinating area well worth visiting (but not in mid-summer, 
of course!)  Spent a very enjoyable Christmas holiday season there a 
number of years ago.  An interesting thing about Badwater (the low-point 
in Death Valley, -282 feet) is that it is adjacent to a fairly steep 
cliff.  And it's amusing (shocking?) to look up there to see the sign 
showing sea level.

       -=- Larry -=-

PS.  Another factoid -- Mt. Whitney is only about 150 miles from Death 
Valley.  Whitney (14,505 feet) is the highest peak in the contiguous 
United States.  (At 20,320 feet, Mt. McKinley/Danali in Alaska is 
higher.)  [Elevation data from Wikipedia...]   :-)

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