Ancient shore

Recent rains flooded Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park, where 10,000 years ago a much larger lake lapped at the cliffs (that’s Telescope Peak in the distance). Lake Manley may have gone the way of the wooly mammoths, but that didn’t keep Larry, left, and Carol Wade of Mukilteo, Wash., from getting wet. Storms created this extensive puddle, up to 20 inches deep. “It’s impressive to see that volume of water,” says park spokesman Terry Baldino. One person rafted 11 miles down the Amargosa River in the south end of the park, an intermittent stream that seldom flows on the surface.