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Lake Manly Coming to Death Valley This Winter?

Lake Manly in Badwater Basin, Death Valley 2015

With rain falling in Death Valley this morning and more storms lined up in the Pacific to follow, I looked up some of my photos of past instances of lake Manly forming in the flooded Badwater Basin.

Salt Flat Reflections in Badwater Basin, February 2011

Ocean temperatures are shaping up to look like we may have a wet El Niño weather pattern this winter:

El Niño is expected to form and continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2018-19 (~80% chance) and into spring (55-60% chance).

Badwater Sunset Reflection, March 2010

In the shorter term, storms are stacking up in the Pacific:

California: Powder Thursday & more to come  

So perhaps we’ll have water in Lake Manly in Badwater Basin for my December 10 – 14 workshop? I sure hope so!

Water is a precious commodity in Death Valley. Fortunately there are some springs that rarely run dry.

March 2015
October 2018
March 2015

And even if the water isn’t there, the photography opportunities are endless and stunning!

April 2014

An ephemeral spring in Death Valley National Park
Jeff Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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