Visitors walk into the newly formed lake at Badwater Basin, the lowest place in North America, almost 300 feet below sea level, in Death Valley National Park, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2023. Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water. (Mette Lampcov / The New York Times)
(Mette Lampcov / The New York Times)
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