‘Extremely rare event:’ Satellite images show lake formed in famously dry Death Valley
Kayakers and nature lovers are flocking to Death Valley National Park in California to enjoy something exceedingly rare at one of the driest places in the United States: Water. A temporary lake has bubbled up in the park’s Badwater Basin, which lies 282 feet below sea level. What is typically a dry salt flat at the bottom of Death Valley has for months been teeming with water after record rains and flooding have battered eastern California since August. In the past six months, a deluge of storms bringing record amounts of rain led to the lake’s formation at the park.
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