Rapidly cool soup safely. Follow one of the following options to safely cool your soup. Use ice water bath. An ice water bath is effective for cooling soups. This method helps decrease the food temperature quickly and safely. Fill a large container or clean sink with ice and a small amount of water.
Geology of Death Valley | NatureScene. Take a walk through Death Valley as host Jim Welch and naturalist Rudy Mancke discuss the glacial history, tectonic forces, and weathering and erosion that have shaped Death Valley. They point out some geologic features that characterize the area including fault block mountains, alluvial fans, and craters.
1. Erosion of the Eocene Ione formation into a surface of strong relief was followed by deposition of the Valley Springs and the Mehrten formations which flooded the valley during Mio-Pliocene times with a thickness of 800 feet at Merced Falls, and nearly 1,500 feet in the center of the valley.