Death Valley, the driest place in **rth America, is **w a sea of yellow flowers

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Death Valley, the driest place in **rth America, is **w a sea of yellow flowers
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Thanks to record-breaking rainfall last October, Death Valley — which is one of the driest and hottest places on Earth —*currently looks like sea of yellow (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/science/death-valley-is-experiencing-a-colorful-superbloom.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F02 %2F23%2Fscience%2Fdeath-valley-is-experiencing-a-colorful-superbloom.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0).

The national park, which occupies parts of California and Nevada, has more than 20 different types of wildflowers blooming there **w, in what people have taken to calling a "superbloom."*Flowers started breaking through the dry earth back in **vember, but February has seen a total transformation, according to the National Park Service.

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