California’s historically wet winter has led to an explosion of blooming wildflowers across many of its hills and valleys this spring. Visitors have been traveling to state parks and reserves to take in the views of this latest “superbloom.” Gathered below are recent colorful images from several locations across Southern California.
A California Superbloom
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Read moreWildflowers bloom near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, California, on April 6, 2023. #
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Read moreA woman sets off on a zip line over a superbloom of wildflowers at Skull Canyon Ziplines in Corona, California, on April 11, 2023. #
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Read moreA child walks through a field of blooming poppies near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, in Lancaster, on April 10, 2023. #
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Read morePoppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve on April 6, 2023. #
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Read moreA cow lies among sky lupines (Lupinus nanus) as flowers start to bloom during a break between storms on March 13, 2023, near Wheeler Ridge, California. #
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Read moreHillsides and pastures are covered in a carpet of flowers in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, on March 26, 2023. This 43-mile-long high valley is experiencing an epic wildflower superbloom of goldfield, tidy tips, fireweed, fiddleheads, lupine, baby blue eyes, and hillside daisies. #
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Read moreHillsides are covered in flowers near Cuyama, California, on March 26, 2023. #
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Read morePeople visit the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve on April 6, 2023. #
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Read moreTidy tips (Layia platyglossa) bloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument on April 8, 2023, in San Luis Obispo County, California. #
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Read morePoppies are in full bloom, as seen during sunset in California's Antelope Valley on April 11, 2023. #
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Read moreCommon Goldfields (Lasthenia gracilis) bloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, photographed on April 8, 2023. #
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Read moreLisa Mayer holds on while ziplining over blooming wildflowers at Skull Canyon Ziplines in Corona, on April 11, 2023. #
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Read morePeople visit the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve on April 6, 2023. #
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Read moreA view of blooming flowers on hills near Cuyama, California, on March 26, 2023. #
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Read moreRancher's Fireweed (Amsinckia menziesii) blooms in Carrizo Plain National Monument, seen on April 8, 2023. #
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Read morePeople take photos of the wildflowers in Carrizo Plain National Monument on March 26, 2023. #
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Read moreThe hillsides and valleys of California's Carrizo Plain National Monument, seen on March 26, 2023 #
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![Visitors walk on a pathway amid fields of blooming flowers.]()
Read moreVisitors walk on a pathway amid fields of blooming flowers in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, California, on April 10, 2023. #
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