The desert in California comes alive with wildflower blooms in spring when conditions align. Southern California has a typical Mediterranean climate, mostly dry with plenty of sunshine and blue skies, but the rainy season can completely change the landscape from desert to green paradise. About every ten years, an overabundance of precipitation creates an amazing superbloom in the desert.
On the edge of the Mojave Desert and the Tehachapi Mountains, we hiked up into the hills one morning awaiting sunrise and photographed this incredible display of wildflowers as the sun rose.