the badwater basin in death valley national park is usually a dry, salt flat bottom. TAKE A LOOK HERE. BUT IT HAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED ENOUGH WATER TO FORM AN UNEXPECTED LAKE.

The lake is about 6 miles long, 3 miles wide and a foot deep as of mid-February. How did the lake form? Badwater Basin, where the lake formed, lies at the bottom of Death Valley.

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 ...

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

Tourists wading through Death Valley's temporary lake. Ty ONeil/Associated Press Park Ranger Nichole Andler told the Associated Press that Badwater Basin is typically "a very beautiful, bright ...

"Lake Manly" is a temporary lake that forms very rarely in Badwater Basin. It formed after remnants of Hurricane Hilary on August 20, 2023, but was only a shallow reflecting pool.

A lake has formed in the typically-dry Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park in California — and it's lasting a surprisingly long time.

A surprise lake at Badwater Basin. Badwater is the lowest spot in the continental U.S., 282 feet below sea level, and it’s usually a vast flat expanse of salty, crusty playa that was once a lakebed.

In the distance gleamed the white salt flats of Badwater Basin, the lowest place in North America, almost 300 feet below sea level. ... But the lake was also a reminder of what her community has lost.

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.

Death Valley's Badwater Basin is full of water after an epic year of rain and snow in California ... SHAPIRO: The lake formed after the remnants of Hurricane Hilary hit the park in August, ...