Due to weather patterns that dumped a whopping 6 inches of rain in Death Valley in the winter of 2005, the subsequent months of February, March and April were an awesome spectacle of what is known as the "100 Year Bloom." This is a phenomenon in which rainfall literally floods Death Valley. Miles and miles of desolate valley flats become miles and miles of bizarre wading pools, and the hills burst with all sorts of wildflowers- carpeting the usually desolate, lunar-y landscape.
-Matt-