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Rain in Death Valley, California

Earth Science Division Editorial Team

Jul 23, 2019
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Death Valley is one of the driest places in North America. A typical March sees about a third of an inch (about 8 millimeters) of rain. The 2018 image shows the mountains west of Furnace Creek as the area usually appears during that time of year. Saturated sediment and shallow pools of water are displayed in a light aqua color. The 2019 image shows the same area less than a week after it received more than an inch of rain in just two days. The deeper pools that resulted appear nearly black. Images taken by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. Source: U.S. Geological Survey’s National Land Imaging Image Collections
Death Valley is one of the driest places in North America. A typical March sees about a third of an inch (about 8 millimeters) of rain. The 2018 image shows the mountains west of Furnace Creek as the area usually appears during that time of year. Saturated sediment and shallow pools of water are displayed in a light aqua color. The 2019 image shows the same area less than a week after it received more than an inch of rain in just two days. The deeper pools that resulted appear nearly black. Images taken by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. Source: U.S. Geological Survey’s National Land Imaging Image Collections

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Rain in Death Valley, California

March 24, 2018 - March 11, 2019

Death Valley is one of the driest places in North America. A typical March sees about a third of an inch (about 8 millimeters) of rain. The 2018 image shows the mountains west of Furnace Creek as the area usually appears during that time of year. Saturated sediment and shallow pools of water are displayed in a light aqua color. The 2019 image shows the same area less than a week after it received more than an inch of rain in just two days. The deeper pools that resulted appear nearly black. Images taken by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. Source: U.S. Geological Survey’s National Land Imaging Image Collections

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