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Death Valley is located in Eastern California; during summertime, it can be one of the hottest places in the whole world. Back in , it clocked the highest natural ground surface temperature on Earth, with a blistering And for the last two years, it's the place where we've marked the hottest month ever measured on the planet.

It is also the driest place in all of North America. On a regular year, Death Valley will only receive about two inches 60 mm of rain. Wildflowers blossoming in Death Valley in According to weather. The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox.

Sign up for our email newsletter! Enter Email Sign Up. The park's towering, bare peaks provide a stark contrast to the delicate and fleeting wildflowers in the valley below. A desert five-spot in Death Valley. Photo credit: Cori Zancanella. Desert sunflowers add some color to the usual barren landscape around the famous "sea level sign.

Wildflowers have to be hardy to survive Death Valley's extreme climate. Wildflowers grow near Death Valley's Salt Flats in Badwater Basin, which is too harsh of an environment for most plants and animals to survive.

Badwater Basin is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. Photo credit: Cole Mellino. Along with the wildflowers, more than 1, plant species have been identified in the park. Wildflowers in bloom. The harsh climate the wildflowers endure makes them all the more beautiful.

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