Southwest USA - A roadtrip through the deserts

A dusty journey through California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. Featuring Death Valley, Area 51, Roswell, VLA, Bryce Canyon, White Sands, Antelope Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, Salvation Mountain, Tombstone and more.

  • The long and winding road

    Death Valley, California

  • Sculptured by nature

    This part of the canyon is 400 meters in length.

    Antelope Canyon, Arizona

  • Lucky Luke territory

    Probably the bumpiest road I've ever driven on, but the car survived somehow.

    Monument Valley

  • King of the hill

    A proper sunrise is worth an early climb before breakfast.

    Death Valley, California

  • Shattered Grounds

    This salt pan is called Devil's golf course. I just think those golfers were lazy.

    Death Valley, California

  • Chilly dunes

    This place really lives up to its name. The world's largest desert of gypsum sand is cold to the touch.

    White Sands

  • ET phone home

    The observatory area contains 27 antennas, where each dish has a diameter of 25 meters. They are moved around using rail tracks, which at one point even crosses Route 60.

    Very Large Array, New Mexico

  • No hugs for you

    Some of these cactus are even taller than me. The saguaro is the familiar state symbol of Arizona and it can grow to be over 20 meters tall.

    Saguaro National Park, Arizona

  • God save the queen

    One of the formations supposedly looks like Queen Victoria, but I think you can find anything in them if you look long enough.

    Queen's garden in Bryce Canyon, Utah

  • Number of the beast

    Route 666 through New Mexico was one of the most dangerous highways decades ago. Combined with the biblical implications of the number, it was aptly nicknamed Devil's Highway, but renamed into Route 491 in 2003.

    Somewhere in New Mexico

  • I see dead fishes

    Bombay Beach is a semi-deserted town on the east shore of the Salton Sea. It also marks the southern end of the San Andreas fault. Due to very high salinity, very few fish species can live there.

    Bombay Beach, California

  • Holy ground

    Front Gate of Area 51, Nevada

  • Reach out and touch faith

    Salvation Mountain is the life work of Leonard Knight. Since 1985 he has been busy painting his vision.

    Salvation Mountain, California

  • Just passing through

    Bryce Canyon area, Utah

  • We come in peace

    Route 375 was officially designated a much easier name to remember in 1996, as this is the road closest to Area 51.

    Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada

  • Chilly dunes

    This place really lives up to its name. The world's largest desert of gypsum sand is cold to the touch.

    White Sands

  • Reach for the sky

    Bryce Canyon area, Utah

  • Thou art art

    This area in the middle of the desert was created by Charles Stephen Russell, creating art installations from the garbage found lying around Slab City.

    East Jesus, California

  • The truth is out there

    UFO library, Roswell

  • Halls of Moria

    Carlsbad Caverns

  • No more no less

    "Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les No Moore." It is located near the graves of Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury, the men who were gunned down by Wyatt Earp's party in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1881.

    Boothill Graveyeard outside Tombstone, Arizona

  • Desolace

    We can't stop here, this is bat country!

    Route 6, Nevada