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Death Valley’s 2026 super bloom turns the desert into a living painting

Popkin
Mar 11, 2026
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By Bluesnote - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

The super bloom of flowers happening in Death Valley this year looks like a scene from a painting. After unusually generous winter rains, Death Valley National Park can erupt into a “superbloom,” when millions of wildflower seeds that have been waiting in the desert soil suddenly wake up at once. The normally b…

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