The Anza Borrego superbloom in 2017 didn't disappoint. Thanks to an unusually rainy winter in California, Anza Borrego Desert State Park experienced its first major superbloom since 2008. Few sights are more memorable than brilliant colors stretching for miles across normally dry sandy flats, filling the air with fragrance. During these rare events, hundreds of thousands of people make the pilgrimage to witness the transformation.
For this photo, I was trying to capture fragrant pink sand verbena with mountains in the background when I came across white evening primroses. I had to arrange the two wildflowers together. We were hurrying to shoot before sunset, but the fun challenge was sinking into the sand after stepping into rabbit holes. Superblooms happen roughly every ten years on average, I'm already looking forward to the next one at Anza Borrego.