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USA / Death Valley National Park
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 * Death Valley National Park** is located in California and Nevada east of the Sierra Nevada, occupying a transition zone between the Great Basin and Mojave deserts in the United States.

Tupippuh Nummu means "Our Homeland" in the language of the Timbisha Shoshone, the native people of Death Valley. Timbisha is their name for the valley as well. The word 'Timbisha' refers to a sacred red pigment found in the mountains overlooking the valley.

Be informed! The Visitor Guide is available in print at the park and online though the NPS website.

Headlines
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/historic-death-valley-property-gets-face-lift-new-name/ https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mysterious-moving-rocks-in-the-desert-stumped-scientists-for-70-years [] Park Service looking for driver who tore up Death Valley's fragile dry lake [|Vandalism at the Racetrack] [|Death Valley heat hit a new record in June] [|Brief history of Death Valley's Extreme Heat] [] [|death-valley-national-park-hot-dry-and-full-life/83566580] - [|@TDSIanJame] [] [|drunken-rampage-may-have-killed-one-of-the-worlds-rarest-fish] [|Authorities investigating break-in, damage at Devils Hole endangered fish habitat] [|A Death Valley Conversation About Life, The Universe and Everything] [|Death Valley Wildflowers Update] from @belowsealevel [|Twitter Moments: Death Valley (January 2016)]

Location
California / Nevada

Forecast / Weather
[|Weather Forecast] http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/vef/rec/index.php?loc=DV

Foursquare
[|Death Valley National Park]

Key Links
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 * [|Things To Know Before You Come]

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Death Valley Natural History Association] - [|Facebook] - [|@belowsealevel] http://deathvalleyjim.com - http://deathvalleyjim.com/dvj-podcast - [|@DeathValleyTour] [|http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca_dv.html] http://birdandhike.com/Areas/DEVA_Area/_DEVA_toc.htm

TripAdvisor
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g143021-Death_Valley_National_Park_California-Vacations.html http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g143021-Death_Valley_National_Park_California-Hotels.html

#HikeDeathValley
http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/hikedeathvalley.htm [] Twitter: [|#hikedeathvalley] Instagram: #HikeDeathValley

Where to stay
[|Furnace Creek Resort] - [|sustainability] [|@FurnaceCreekRes]

Facebook
[|DVNHA] [|Death Valley National Park]

Flickr
[|Death Valley - Ron Mader] [|Death Valley - Kurt Lawson] [|Death Valley Search]

Twitter
[|@DeathValleyNPS] [|@FurnaceCreekRes] [|@belowsealevel] [|@DeathValleyTour]

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Wikipedia
[|Death_Valley_National_Park] [|Harmony_Borax_Works] [|Zabriskie_Point] [|Borax]

YouTube
[|DeathValleyNP]

Artwork / Cue Yourself
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Buzzword Bingo
Artist Drive Badwater Coyotes Cycling Devil’s Golf Course Flooding Greenwater Valley Furnace Creek Telescope Peak
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Beer
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/619/59126

Extremes
Death Valley holds the record for the highest reliably reported temperature in the Western hemisphere, 134°F (56.7°C) at Furnace Creek on July 13, 1913—just short of the world record, 136°F (57.7°C) in Al 'Aziziyah, Libya, on September 13, 1922.

Headlines: Filming
http://www.furnacecreekresort.com/filming-in-death-valley

The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center is open. The new building features an information desk, brand new exhibits, a larger bookstore, and a multipurpose room that will be used to show the new Ash Meadows film. There is also an outside picnic area, outdoor classroom, and direct access to Crystal Spring Boardwalk.
 * What's new in 2015?**

Misc: Sand Verbena (Abronia villosa) One of the finest scents to be found in the desert is the Sand Verbena (Abronia villosa). Many pollinators are attracted by sand verbena’s sweet perfume, but only those with long tongues can reach the nectar in the trumpet shaped flowers. Moths are likely the most prevalent pollinator for this flower. This plant may be useful for more than its delectable fragrance. Native Americans used the leaves and flowers of sand verbena as a poultice for burns and swellings. Sand Verbena need three things to be happy – sandy ground, lots of sunshine, and relatively abundant rainfall (for the desert, that is!)

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Wildflowers 2016: Super Bloom
Conditions were right for a 2016 Super Bloom in Tupippuh Nummu, aka Death Valley National Park.

[|superbloom on storify] [|Farewell, Super Bloom] [] [] Death Valley Is Experiencing a Colorful ‘Superbloom’ - The New York Times [] [] [] [|The hottest place on Earth is covered in wildflowers after heavy autumn rain - The Washington Post] [|Bloom signals early spring in southern Death Valley] [] [] [] media type="youtube" key="LJbcWFTBn08" height="360" width="640"

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2015 Headlines
[|Death Valley recovering from flooding] [|June 2015 Podcast] [] [|The Unusual Story Behind Death Valley National Park's Popular Zabriskie Point] [|Death Valley National Park comes to life in springtime] [|Death Valley and the Beauty of a Forbidding Land] [|Route 17 - Furnace Creek, Greenwater Valley & West Side Road] []

Flash flooding caused millions in damage over the past 14 days. Keep an eye on the [|updated road condition info here] and via the [|park's official alerts] [|Flash flooding temporarily trapped Death Valley visitors, rangers] [|Death Valley National Park digging out after torrential rains - SFGate] [|After historic flooding, Death Valley gears up for 'a long, hard recovery'] [|Clean up in Death Valley after flooding continues - KTNV]
 * October 2015/Flash Floods**

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Headlines: Sliding Rocks
[|Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park: First Observation of Rocks in Motion] [|Death Valley’s moving rocks caught in the act] [|How Death Valley's 'sailing stones' move on their own] [|How Do Death Valley’s “Sailing Stones” Move Themselves Across the Desert?]

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Feb 2016 news
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/February-2016-News-from-DVNHA.html?soid=1102620960091&aid=92-PnWW8TQU

 Death Valley Wildflowers Transform the Desert Landscape   Perhaps it's the contrast between the harsh environment and the soft pastel beauty, but there's something very special about Death Valley National Park wildflowers. El Niño has brought well-timed winter rains and mild temperatures to create eye-catching wildflower displays in Death Valley National Park.Officially the precipitation measurement at Furnace Creek is exactly 2 inches since last July, however, some parts of Death Valley National Park received more than a year's worth of rain last October. "This is the earliest I can ever remember seeing flowers in the Park," says David Blacker, Executive Director of the Death Valley Natural History Association. The appearance of spring wildflowers depends on many factors, as explained on the National Park Service website www.nps.gov/deva/naturescience/wildflowers.htm , "Most of the showy desert wildflowers are annuals, also referred to as ephemerals because they are short-lived. Oddly enough, this limited lifespan ensures survival here. Rather than struggle to stay alive during the desert's most extreme conditions, annual wildflowers lie dormant as seeds. When enough rain finally does fall, the seeds quickly sprout, grow, bloom and go back to seed again before the dryness and heat returns."  Peak viewing along the highways and at the most accessible areas of Death Valley generally occur late-February through mid-April, but wildflowers can still be seen at the highest elevations well into June and even July. This year, wildflowers are already appearing on the dunes and alluvial fans at the lowest elevations. Desert Gold, Desert Sand Verbina, and Desert Five-spot have already appeared at Ashford Mill on Badwater Road. Don't forget that just 50 miles east of Death Valley is Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, another great area for wildflower viewing. The crystal-clear natural springs in Ash Meadows are home to endangered desert pupfish, and attract an abundance of wildlife from birds to big horn sheep.

 Updates can be found here: <span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">//** www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/wildflower-update-2016.htm **// <span style="font-family: &#39;Neutraface Text Book&#39;;">. For more information about Death Valley National Park and trip planning, see <span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">//** www.nps.gov/deva **// <span style="font-family: &#39;Neutraface Text Book&#39;;">or call <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: &#39;Neutraface Text Book&#39;;">760-786-3200.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> **Copper Canyon Hikes**, February 13th & 27thHosted by DVNHA, Cost: $50 per participant. This will be a somewhat strenuous hike of approximately seven miles in length (round-trip). The hikes will be led by paleontologist Torrey Nyborg, PHD from Loma Linda University's Earth science program. He is a field expert having completed most of the research at this very sensitive location first-hand and we are very lucky to have him share his knowledge to interpret Death Valley's Natural History. For more information and to make a reservation, please call DVNHA at 1-800-478-8564 ext. 10 to make a reservation as soon as possible. Hurry! This event is limited to only __**12 participants**__ per hike. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">//** BioBlitz **//, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">March 12, 2016 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">DVNP is hosting a BioBlitz event as part of 100 similar events in national parks celebrating 100 years of service. The event takes place in and around Salt Creek, a badlands terrain 190 feet below sea level. In spite of being one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, Salt Creek has endemic pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus salinus). This is a perfect opportunity to explore and catalog the biodiversity at the very edge of life's tolerances. Join other volunteers to work with scientists.You won't need need any specialized training or experience.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;"> //** MarsFest **//, April 8-10, 2016 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> In celebration of the National Park Service's Centennial, DVNP is hosting the Celestial Centennial, a night sky and space festival. Programming is a collaboration of The SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI), and the National Park Service. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/celestial-centennial.htm <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> http://www.seti.org/seti-institute/news/join-us-celestial-centennial-marsfest-symposium-april-8-10-2016

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