Rain creates 10-mile-long lake in Death Valley

[Still Waters]

The rare ephemeral lake was caused when the compacted, dry desert soil wasn’t able to absorb the .87 inches of rain that recently fell on the national park.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flooding-creates-10-mile-long-lake-death-valley-180971699/

https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/lake-Death-Valley-National-Park-flooding-water-CA-13679346.php#photo-17054116

[Doc Socks Junior]

Source: USGS 

Make the Death Valley lake systems great again! In the Pleistocene, a little over 100,000 years ago, the climate was cool and wet in the area.  Glaciers grew in the Sierras, and big lake systems were present in Death Valley, particularly Lake Manly. It's possible to see the wave-cut notches at Shoreline Butte - I've seen them myself. Very cool stuff.

Edited March 18, 2019 by Socks Junior

[Doug1029]

Was Death Valley (Lake Manly) a blind lake?

Doug

[Doc Socks Junior]

1 hour ago, Doug1o29 said:

Was Death Valley (Lake Manly) a blind lake?

Doug

Not familiar with that term. It was a closed basin, as far as I'm aware.

[travelnjones]

The Salton Sea was a lake generally in that area