It"s not every day you see a desert burst into colour, but during a superbloom, the arid land is covered with endless stretches of flowers. This rare phenomenon happens in California and Arizona when the rainy season awakens wildflower seeds that have been lying dormant in the soil. Superblooms in California typically occur once a decade, but prolonged droughts in the 21st century have made them increasingly less frequent.
Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, United States
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International Day of the Tropics
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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World Nature Conservation Day
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Mountains of sand
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St James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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Stop and smell the Sakura
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Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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Bridging past and present
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World Heritage Day
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holyhead, Wales
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Mount Fuji Day
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Tis the season for travel
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World Environment Day
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European Day of Parks
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Happy International Zebra Day!
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Milwaukee City Hall, Wisconsin, United States
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British Summer Time starts
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Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan
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Kaysersberg, Alsace, France
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Happy St Patricks Day!
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Mother manatee and calf, Crystal River, Florida, United States
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National Poinsettia Day
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Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
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National Moth Week
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Maasai giraffe mother with calf in the Serengeti, Tanzania
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Big Garden Birdwatch
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Polar bear in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
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Happy 70th to the North York Moors
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