Badwater Basin Refills

Refreshed by precipitation from an atmospheric river, a temporary lake in Death Valley is extending its stay.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Badwater Basin Refills.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photo by K. Skilling/National Park Service. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published February 16, 2024
Data acquired July 5, 2023 - February 14, 2024