Death Valley, one of the hottest, driest, places on the planet has a visitor, it’s a lake.

How did the lake form? Badwater Basin, where the lake formed, lies at the bottom of Death Valley. It's normally a dry salt flat. Heavy rain changed that this year.

An ancient lake that reemerged at Death Valley National Park last year will stick around for longer than initially expected due to intense rain in the region.

A huge, salty lake is currently sitting in Badwater Basin in the middle of California's Death Valley National Park. The lake is currently two miles wide and four miles long, though it's only a few ...

The newly formed lake in California's Death Valley National Park has attracted tourists for a potentially once-in-lifetime swim.

An ephemeral lake that formed in the middle of Death Valley has been caught on camera by satellite imagery. The lake formed in Badwater Basin in the aftermath of heavy rainfall brought by ...

A lake has formed in the typically-dry Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park in California. See satellite images released by NASA.

Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water.

Ashley Lee, president of the Amargosa Conservancy, kayaks out onto the temporary Lake Manly at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas ...

The famously flat and dry Badwater Basin now is home to a sprawling but temporary lake, visible from water’s edge and 5,575 feet above at Dante’s View. Dante’s View, Death Valley National Park.

Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, is home to a temporary lake that is several miles long, according to the National Park Service.

Death Valley's Badwater Basin is full of water after an epic year of rain and snow in California - and wildflowers are blooming extraordinarily late in the season.