Wildflowers in Backlight, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

A variety of wildflowers, including bristly fiddlenecks and red bromes, glow in the backlight of the early morning sun during a superbloom in the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California. During superbloom years, an unusually high number of wildflowers blossom at the same time, usually the result of wet winter and spring weather. The seeds may have been dormant for years in the more typically dry desert soil. The Carrizo Plain is the largest native grassland remaining in the state of California.

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A variety of wildflowers, including bristly fiddlenecks and red bromes, glow in the backlight of the early morning sun during a superbloom in the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California. During superbloom years, an unusually high number of wildflowers blossom at the same time, usually the result of wet winter and spring weather. The seeds may have been dormant for years in the more typically dry desert soil. The Carrizo Plain is the largest native grassland remaining in the state of California.