There simply are not enough superlatives to describe the current ‘Super Bloom’ out in Death Valley National Park. Neither can photographs fully document this wondrous natural display.

But here are a few of the shots I was able to take on a one-day marathon run out to Death Valley with my daughter Mary and brother Bob.

We came in on Highway 190 out of Olancha. The show started in the Panamint Valley with a blast of…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

June Schmidt, Wildflower Scout

Notch-leaf Phacelia

Hairy Sand-verbena

Desert five-spot

Golden Evening Primrose

Purple Mat & Popcorn Flower

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This is part of the March 11, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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