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  1. #DeathValley sees its most spectacular #superbloom in a decade

    The #wildflowers have painted the usually barren landscape of #DeathValleyNationalPark — one of the hottest and driest places in the country — in pretty pink, purple and yellow.

    March 8, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT
    By Denise Chow

    Excerpt: " 'You can think of it like drought evasion,' said Erik Rakestraw, a curator of botany at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. 'In their seed form, it’s like they’re not even existing. They’re just laying in the soil.'

    "In the proper conditions, the seeds will germinate. Then, after the flowers are pollinated, they’ll turn back to seeds and the cycle will begin again."

    Read more:
    nbcnews.com/science/rcna257503

    #Southwest #DesertFlowers #Nature #2026SuperBloom

  2. LOL this could very well trap people in Death Valley, unless they filled up with gas this evening. Or end up with people stranded on the side of the road. (I nearly did this, myself, due to a dust storm shutting down the pumps in that case).

    Death Valley National Park

    Planned Power Outage 2/19/26
    Date Posted: 2/16/2026

    Alert, Severity, information, Planned Power Outage 2/19/26
    A planned power outage will occur on Thursday, Feb. 19 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Wells. Some amenities may be unavailable such as internet and gas. Please plan accordingly.

    nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/con

    #DeathValleyNationalPark #NPS

  3. Looks like it's not easy to get to Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park right now (though, I believe it's still closed due to flood damage from the last few years). Taking Racetrack Valley Road is its own adventure (4wd... high clearance).

    nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/con

    #DeathValleyNationalPark

  4. "Flash Flood Warning issued August 25 at 8:50PM PDT until August 25 at 10:30PM PDT by NWS Las Vegas NV


    At 850 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
    rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
    to begin shortly.

    HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
    flash flooding.

    SOURCE...Radar.

    IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
    creeks, normally dry washes and roads.

    Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
    Stovepipe Wells, Furnace Creek, Mesquite Springs Campground,
    Scottys Castle and Scottys Junction.
    "

    alerts-v2.weather.gov/search?i

    #DeathValleyNationalPark #Flooding #CAwx #NPS

  5. Saw an article about an old plane wreck in Death Valley National Park (CIA plane, the Albatross), so had to geolocate it. Strangely, not easily found on the Internet with a general search. (If you are going to hike there, don't do so in the middle of summer).

    36.41007, -117.32399

    #geolocation #planecrash #DeathValleyNationalPark