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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Zabriskie Point


The Baboons - Drinkin' Gasoline
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I'm listening to this tune, one of the best in the whole wide world, and I hear him mention Zabriskie Point, so I gotta go look it up.  As a cultural reference Zabriskie Point refers to one of the worst movies of all time. It is also the name of a scenic viewpoint in Death Valley. The film does visit it.

Panoramic view from Zabriskie Point

The name comes from Christian Brevoort Zabriskie (1864 – 1936)  vice president of Pacific Coast Borax Company. Borax? Death Valley?


20 Mule Team Wagon Train Story
Gold Creek Films

P. S. Wikipedia has a larger version of the view from Zabriskie Point. It has a width of 18,000 pixels. 8K seems to be widest video screen available. B & H Photo has one available for $100K.

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