With the arrival of spring after an unusually wet winter, the iconic “golden” poppies have blossomed. Californiaas well as with their fans.

Lake Elsinore with its orange poppies, the mecca of flower tourism, as well as other similar areas that were hit hard by the crowd in 2019, remained closed to the public. And this is despite the objections of agronomists and ecologists, who believe that the closure of reserves and parks essentially negates one of the reasons for their existence – strengthening the connection between people and nature.

Many flocked to Lancaster, California to see the first wild growth in four years.

After an unprecedented string of winter storms, lovers of the American West Coast countryside are enjoying an abundance of colors, colors and scents.

“Superblooming is actually a cultural phenomenon where people decide for themselves whether a bloom is enough to call it a “superbloom,” explains Daniel Winkler, a researcher at the US Geological Survey, clarifying that there is no scientific definition of what constitutes a bloom. exists. supercolor.

Source: Los Angeles Times/BBC.