I don’t think I’ve done red yet, so here’s some pretty perky flowers I saw on the way to Dante’s View. That goes up to 5,000 feet, so it’s not as brutal a neighborhood as life below sea level. #deathvalley
"Night’s Crimson Rooms" - One of the many mysterious mines in Death Valley National Park, CA. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. 4-minute exposure. (Plate 7265) Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography #DeathValley

Some thriving purple flowers we found in Golden Canyon in #deathvalley. These might be purple mats, though there are a couple of different purple flower types in the area.

At any rate, these strivers were putting on a show despite blooming in an unlikely location.

“Lake Manly Shoreline” — Lake Manly and desert mountains with morning clouds.

A spectacular cloud deck floated above Death Valley on this winter morning. While the clouds were a bit too thick to let brilliant sunrise colors develop, they created a very dramatic sky and its reflection on the surface of Lake Manly. The photograph looks north across the lake from its salty southern shoreline…more: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/03/20/lake-manly-shoreline/

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Good to know! 👍

Honestly, I can’t tell if this sign was meant as a warning or if there used to be an actual trail there so you could go check out the snake superhighway. #deathvalley

These little plants, doing the Lord’s work, trying to grow right next to the salt flats. #deathvalley
"The Sky’s Ribbon Paused Above the Weary Beams"—Death Valley, CA. Night photo lit with handheld flashlight. (Plate 7261) Oct 2025. Photos, Books, & Night Photography Workshops: www.kenleephotography.com #kenlee #nightphotography #DeathValley

i went to Vegas yesterday and drove to Death Valley to check out the superbloom.
it was 100F in the valley, 80 from this vantage point...

what an awesome National Park. i love that place.

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“Desert Gold, Black Mountains” — The Black Mountains rise above a gravel fan covered with desert gold flowers, Death Valley.

As one bit of evidence that it might not be exaggerating to call this year’s flowers a “super bloom” I offer this photograph of a dense field of desert gold flowers, backed by mountains that are also beginning to show signs of spring growth. To be sure, not every gravel fan and wash in the park had this many flowers — far from it. But in many places the amount of color has been exceptional…more: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/03/18/desert-gold-black-mountains/

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