Some desert flowers stay dormant for many years until the right weather conditions come along. That is exactly what is happening right now in the state of California. It is experiencing a “super bloom:” a rare happening in which huge amounts of desert flowers open at the same time. The state’s rainy winter, which was followed by warm weather, has brought endless fields of wildflowers to its Anza-Borrego desert. The colors are so bright that they can be seen from hundreds of meters high in the mountains. This is the state’s second super bloom in two years. Usually, super blooms are much rarer. In California, super blooms usually happen about once every 10 years in one area. They have been happening even less often because of years-long drought conditions. The 2017 super bloom was the best and brightest the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park had seen in 20 years. It was so big that it could be seen from outer space.
Title: Rain Brings Second California Super Bloom in Two Years
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3210/c7e5baf1-e71b-4946-92df-72728c312529_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Rain Brings Second California Super Bloom in Two Years' data-article-id='3691'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9167'>Some desert flowers stay dormant for many years until the right weather conditions come along.</span> <span data-start-time='9167' data-end-time='15250'>That is exactly what is happening right now in the state of California.</span> <span data-start-time='15250' data-end-time='26167'>It is experiencing a “super bloom:” a rare happening in which huge amounts of desert flowers open at the same time.</span> <span data-start-time='26167' data-end-time='39125'>The state’s rainy winter, which was followed by warm weather, has brought endless fields of wildflowers to its Anza-Borrego desert.</span> <span data-start-time='39125' data-end-time='47333'>The colors are so bright that they can be seen from hundreds of meters high in the mountains.</span> <span data-start-time='47333' data-end-time='52854'>This is the state’s second super bloom in two years.</span> <span data-start-time='52854' data-end-time='57125'>Usually, super blooms are much rarer.</span> <span data-start-time='57125' data-end-time='65917'>In California, super blooms usually happen about once every 10 years in one area.</span> <span data-start-time='65917' data-end-time='73500'>They have been happening even less often because of years-long drought conditions.</span> <span data-start-time='73500' data-end-time='85063'>The 2017 super bloom was the best and brightest the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park had seen in 20 years.</span> <span data-start-time='85063' data-end-time='90813'>It was so big that it could be seen from outer space.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3210/8D9AB30B-48A8-445A-8587-309A62AE4E55_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12484 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