Posted on 03/08/2024 12:20:23 PM PST by Red Badger
Possibly with spring melt off it will come back?
Is it just me, or is this article written in a sort of confusing eay?
There goes my water ski trip to Death Valley
The article is missing climate change hysteria.
Apparently this hasn’t happened since 2005. I don’t think they could make much of a ‘climate change’ argument for it, unless they also argued that ‘climate change’ whimsically stops and starts.
(Plain old Weather changes, though...)
Nature is beautiful.
You mean like it moved then moved back which means it didn’t move at all...
No, I just didn’t think it explained very well how a pluvial lake like this ‘works’ for people who aren’t acquainted with it.
pluvial lakes come and go. that’s what they do...they’re just big puddles.
Yes. I don’t think that was really explained in the article. It was written as if for the small community who know about this kind of lake.
AMEN!
I read an article a couple of weeks ago when the lake first formed which gave the needed background.
If you have never been to Death Valley NP, you should go. It is the most under-rated NP in America. Absolutely stunning, but I do suggest you go in cooler months. Also, Joshua Tree National Park (Forest?) is fairly close as well, and it is stunning. California would be a great state if it wasn’t for ....
If you have never been to Death Valley NP, you should go. It is the most under-rated NP in America. Absolutely stunning, but I do suggest you go in cooler months. Also, Joshua Tree National Park (Forest?) is fairly close as well, and it is stunning. California would be a great state if it wasn’t for ....
No, it won't. See that snow capped mountain in the background of the photo? That's Telescope Peak, 11,049 feet, the only source of snow near Badwater. The melting from the peak evaporates before it gets anywhere near the valley.
Runoff effectiveness is predicated to the speed of the warmup...................................
Yes, and it’s 76 degrees today at Furnace Creek near Badwater in Death Valley.
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