Furnace Creek is the largest area of human activity within Death Valley National Park.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

It is also the third largest national park in the lower forty-eight states, after Death Valley and Yellowstone.

VOA: special.2010.09.21

Most of the 500 people who live in Death Valley year round are connected in one way or another to Death Valley National Park and its major concessionaire, a company called Xanterra.

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The phenomenon of sedimentary layers is remarkably similar to what is seen on Earth, in California's Death Valley or in Montana's Glacier National Park, says John Grotzinger, chief scientist of the Mars Science Laboratory mission.

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