#deathvalley — Public Fediverse posts

More and More Layers

Long time viewers of this blog, now in its 21st year, know I love layers. Oka

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/more-and-more-layers/

#Africa #Alaska #Asia #BritishColumbia #California #Canada #Jordan #MiddleEast #Nepal #NorthAmerica #OddInterestingAwesome #Oman #USA #Utah #Washington #Alaska #Asia #BritishColumbia #California #Canada #DeathValley #GrandCanyon #jordan #layer #layers #mountains #NationalPark #Nepal #oman #PhotoOfTheDay #travel #USA #Washington

I repeat:

Naomi Fraga is a hero.

#deathvalley
#botany
#limiteddistribution
#salvia

https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5749446/botanist-search-seeds-rare-death-valley-sage

“Canyon Hikers” — Two hikers walk along a desert wash between high walls in a Death Valley canyon.

It seems to me that when most people think of Death Valley National Park, the first things that come to mind are familiar desert icons, the sand dunes, with features like salt flats close behind. But the park is remarkably diverse, with other features that would surprise those who don’t know of them. Among them are the park’s canyons, some of which — like this one — feature extremely high walls…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/01/01/canyon-hikers/

#deathvalley #ourdoors #hikers #canyon #desert #nationalpark #nature #landscape #landscapephotographpy #photography #photo

Blistering #HeatWave to have interior [Western United States] searing into second week of June

Millions across the West will bake under intense June sunshine as the hottest weather since last summer builds over the region into the weekend.

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published Jun 5, 2024 3:06 PM EDT | Updated Jun 6, 2024 10:46 AM EDT

"The notoriously hot cities of #LasVegas and #Phoenix will have high temperatures on multiple days in the neighborhood of 110 F. However, even in these sizzling summertime cities, the temperature is 10-15 degrees above the historical average for June.

"#SaltLakeCity will have multiple days with highs in the 90s through Sunday. #BoiseIdaho, can expect highs in the 90s through at least Tuesday, and the temperature could make a run at the 100-degree mark Saturday when the record is 101, set in 2016.

"#DeathValley may even crack the 120-degree mark for the first time this year, a level of heat not usually experienced in the hottest place in North America until June 24. "

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/blistering-heat-wave-to-have-interior-west-searing-into-second-week-of-june/1656973
#ExtremeHeat #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe