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Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers

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Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers

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NPR Topics: Science•Mar 15

Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers

When I think of the desert, I think of tumbleweeds bouncing on dry, cracked earth, no signs of life other than sun-bleached cow skulls and maybe a lizard doing some pushups. There's a carpet of desert gold wildflowers in the driest place in North America. ABBY WINES: Especially late afternoon in the golden hour just before sunset, you're looking up at the hillside.