Surprising! A lake appeared in one of the driest places on the planet

March 13, 2019

The natural water reservoir measures 16 kilometers and is located in the Valley of Death, California.

Accustomed to offer surprises, nature has delivered one to one of the driest places on the planet since 1972. It is about Valley of Deathsouth-east of California, where there was no water drop and A lake of 16 kilometers appeared.

In summer, the valley located in the desert of Mojave is one of the hottest places in the world, with the deserts of Africa and of Middle East. There temperatures usually reach 57 degrees.

However, thanks to the low temperatures and the rain that fell a few days ago, a temporary gap appeared. The photograph Elliot McGucken He captured the photo before it evaporates in the next few days.

The Valley of Death is one of the driest places on the planet since 1972, when 93.9 degrees. Now that hell has a new lake 16 kilometers long.

The mbad of water has very little depth and is temporary. It should evaporate after a few days when temperatures return to normal.

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The average annual rainfall is only 59 millimeters. But Wednesday last week, it rained "intensely" in the region, where they fell to 16 millimeters. That's a quarter of what it's raining all year.

On February 14, a similar situation occurred when 11.2 millimeters of water fell and "floods" occurred on two roads in the area.