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Experience the dramatic beauty of Death Valley National Park on this unforgettable scenic drive. We stop at the iconic ...
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is full of water after an epic year of rain and snow in California - and wildflowers are blooming extraordinarily late in the season.
Death Valley, one of the hottest, driest, places on the planet has a visitor, it’s a lake.
A huge, salty lake is currently sitting in Badwater Basin in the middle of California's Death Valley National Park. The lake is currently two miles wide and four miles long, though it’s only a ...
There are few national parks as extreme as Death Valley National Park, which straddles the border of California and Nevada. The saltwater flats of Badwater Basin sit well below sea level and face ...
Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water.
Images captured at Death Valley show the surrounding peaks reflected in the temporary lake. Badwater Basin was flooded by Hurricane Hilary in August 2023 and recent rains in California.
An ephemeral lake that formed in the middle of Death Valley has been caught on camera by satellite imagery. The lake formed in Badwater Basin in the aftermath of heavy rainfall brought by ...
California has experienced unprecedented rainfall, which created a rare lake in Death Valley. And visitors are encouraged to come and kayak in it while it lasts.
And at 282 feet below sea level, the park’s Badwater Basin is the lowest place in the U.S. Despite these harsh conditions, Death Valley is also a place of life.
Laura Cunningham co-founded the desert conservation group Basin and Range Watch. She's lived near Death Valley for decades, so when the park partially reopened to visitors, she went to see it for ...