Stunning Images of a California Superbloom

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Yellow flowers paint a bright contrast against the bright blue sky in Anza Borrego State Park in 2017. The area experienced a superbloom thanks to a wet winter.

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More yellow flowers from Anza Borrego State Park's 2017 superbloom.

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anza borrego flower bloom — (Image credit: Sicco Rood)

Fields of yellow, purple and orange flowers carpet the desert in Anza Borrego State Park in March 2017. The area is experiencing an explosion of color thanks to a wet 2017 winter.

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Yellow flowers show a burst of color against the rocky landscape of Anza Borrego State Park in March 2017. The area is undergoing a superbloom, thanks to a wet 2017 winter season.

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yellow flowers in the field — (Image credit: Sicco Rood.)

A field of yellow flowers paint the valley floor in the harsh desert landscape of Anza Borrego State Park in March 2017. The area has had a burst of flowers thanks to a superbloom from a wet winter.

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yellow flower in desert — (Image credit: Sicco Reed)

A yellow flower pops out of the desert in the fading sun in Anza Borrego State Park in March 2017. The area is undergoing a superbloom thanks to the wet winter.

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Purple flowers fill the background as a lone yellow flower makes itself known in a superbloom taking place in Anza Borrego State Park this March, 2017.

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Fields of flowers are bursting from the barren desert in Anza Borrego STate Park in Southern California this year, thanks to a wet winter.

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During the dry season, Anza Borrego State Park in Southern California presents a forbidding landscape.

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A fiery sunset with a rainbow in Anza Borrego State Park

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Tia is the managing editor and was previously a senior writer for Live Science. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Wired.com and other outlets. She holds a master's degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington, a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Tia was part of a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that published the Empty Cradles series on preterm births, which won multiple awards, including the 2012 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.