Kayakers and nature lovers are flocking to Death Valley National Park in California to enjoy something exceedingly rare at one of the driest places in the United States: Water. A temporary lake has ...

Image of the Badwater Basin snapped by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite. This lake formed in the wake of Hurricane Hilary last year, and was refilled by atmopsheric river storms this winter ...

A temporary lake in Badwater Basin was replenished as California was hit again by an atmospheric river storm over the weekend. The lake was first formed in the wake of Hurricane Hillary in August.

The unexpected phenomenon began earlier this week at Death Valley's Badwater Basin after recent rainstorms battered California. Located 282 feet below sea level, Badwater Basin is North America's ...

Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level. “You might think with no drain to the sea, Death Valley would always have a lake,” Wines said.

Badwater Basin in Death Valley sits 232 feet below sea level and typically only sees about two inches of rain in a season. Over the past six months, the area has had almost 2 ½ times that from a ...

Most of the time, water evaporates far faster than it can fill the Badwater Basin, which, at 282 feet below sea level, is one of the hottest, driest and lowest-elevation places in North America.

Badwater Basin is the perfect location to take photos at night — at 283 feet below sea level. But it's also located in Death Valley National Park, an internationally recognized Dark Sky Park.

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