Rare 'superbloom' blankets Death Valley in millions of yellow wildflowers

Heavy autumn rains have transformed the California park from salt flats and sand dunes to a colorful floral landscape not seen to this extent since 2005

Parts of Death Valley, the driest place in North America, have exploded in a riot of color with a rare "superbloom" of millions of wildflowers.

The flowers have blanketed the desert valley to an extent not seen since 2005. The bloom started in the southern part of the Californian wilderness and is now moving north, displaying colorful species including the golden evening primrose (Camissonia brevipes), notchleaf phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) and fields of desert gold (Geraea canescens).