A 'super bloom' of wildflowers blankets Death Valley's landscape

It’s been 11 years since the harsh Death Valley landscape was this full of life. In a five-hour span four months ago, enough rain fell on Death Valley’s dusty flatlands and parched hillsides that it produced the first springtime “super bloom” of wild flowers in the park since 2005. “Super bloom” isn’t an official term, National Park Service officials say, but it has come to describe the rare flora