It was from this past Friday! Death valley is a big place so some parts are hit harder than others by the rains. Some roads are closed due to flooding ATM, but the majority of stuff was open, at least the paved road stuff and major Backcountry road attractions.

This past Tuesday, rain and snow heavily hit Death Valley in several spots. We were up at 4100ft at a campground in the panamints (wildrose) and the weather rolled in Monday night and never stopped Tuesday. It was an entire day of sleet, rain, hail, and 55+ mph winds. The winds got so bad in the evening everyone who was tent camping had to give up, pack it up, and leave. We later discovered 2 of our tent poles had shattered. I also watched someone else's tent fly away because they left it behind for the day and didn't stake it down (we tried to weigh it down the best we could but the winds were nuts).

Thursday night brought thunderstorms with lightning, rain, and another intense round of wind to the furnace creek area. We rolled out early Friday and managed to catch rain still down at Badwater Basin. There wasn't a lot of it left already and it was drying up as the sun hit the basin properly over the mountains.

That being said there was definitely way more rain and water in general down there right now. It was clear that a lot of water had pooled in the lower basins after the rains but it always seemed to dry up very quickly the next day.

https://imgur.com/8h7CEqh.jpg https://imgur.com/qSPdC2n.jpg https://imgur.com/KJgokA3.jpg

He has a show coming out by the way. And I'm super excited about it, maybe more people will get into him and art. 👀

you're the second person to bring up bob ross in the context of this photo and i am honored and humbled to have this GOAT on my post

early October 2022, actually!

Very fitting.

Looks like 2020.

Soundtrack for the Black Tusk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Z7w6nNe8U

Aurora borealis? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely in your kitchen?

What’s the Matterhorn you’ve barely touched your dinner

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Lovely! Heading there in a couple weeks ... is this the current state of snow in the valley? What was it like driving in?

A very long selfie stick?

No, Mother, it's just the Northern Lights

How recent is the pic? Have the record rainfalls and storms we've been hearing about hit this area at all?

Beat me too it.

They need to rebrand don't they lol

no, it’s temperate

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Plan a trip in spring / autumn when there is still plenty of light to do other things should you get no luck with the Aurora. When Iceland is under the Jet Stream you will get a conveyor of frontal systems coming across the Atlantic one after another, laden with cloud and rain. There's nothing you can do to guarantee that you will see the lights. It's dependent entirely on the weather and on solar activity, which you can't plan for more than a few days in advance.

Wouldn't bother with a tour company myself. If you get the right conditions, it's entirely possible to see the lights from the middle of Reykjavik, and you don't need to drive far if you want to get somewhere truly dark.

I really wish to scale that thing one day.

No, I have no experience in rock climbing.

Notgonna lie , had me in the first half.

Is that river bank natural or man-made? It looks too straight to be natural.

The sun is coming in fast so your best option is April or late august to autumn.

Twerks foamy.

This reminded me of the Mt Kailash mountain which is practically un-scalable! Thanks for posting!