From death comes new life.
A previously dry area of Death Valley National Park is now home to a lake after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary ravaged the area in August.
When the California park reopened on October 15, after a brutal storm, visitors discovered that the normally flat and dry Badwater Basin now had a lake, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Park ranger Matthew Lamar told the outlet that they haven’t measured the lake’s depth yet, but they think it’s a little more than 2 feet” at its deepest point.
“That was the case in 2005, the last time there was a significant lake there.”
He noted that the park is not only the hottest place in the world, but also has the highest evaporation rate, so the lake can dry up in a matter of weeks, depending on the temperature there.
A previously dry area of Death Valley National Park is now home to a lake, following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary.NPS
With a heat wave descending on the region this weekend, the National Weather Service says temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees on Saturday.
Out-of-season yellow and orange wildflowers also bloom around Badwater Basin — the lowest point in the US, at 282 feet below sea level.
Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years, dropped a year’s worth of rain on the region in one day.
The park received 2.2 inches of rain and was forced to close on August 20. NPS/K.Bott
Due to flooded roads and trails, the park – which received a total of 2.2 inches of rain – was forced to close on August 20.
The nearly two-month closure is the longest in the park’s history.
Todd Robertson and Karina Shah, visiting from London, watched the lake change color.
Park rangers aren’t sure how long the lake will last there.NPS/K.Bott
“We’ve been waiting 10 years to come and do a national park,” Robertson told the outlet.
“We’re praying all the way for this to open. Yesterday, when we checked in [at the Ranch at Death Valley in Furnace Creek]they told us it was wet.”
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