In December of 2019, a freak winter storm hit the high desert and dumped two feet of snow in Joshua Tree National Park.
Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park is the lowest point on the North American continent at 212 feet below sea level. Some years with good winter rains, the basin will flood for miles at only an inch deep. Those are the Panamint Mountains in the background.
Sunset near Lost Horse Valley in Joshua Tree National Park, CA.
