If you saw the first Iron Man film, when Tony Stark escapes the terrorists in the prototype iron suit and crash lands onto the sand, it was filmed in Olancha, California on the dunes. I drove out as far as I could before traction got "iffy" and turned around.
Over the mountains to the left is Panamint and Death Valley.
Beautiful open spaces but desolate, too.
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