California State Park rangers

A remarkable transformation is unfolding in Death Valley as kayakers venture into the once-barren landscape, now hosting a reborn Lake Manly. This desert region, straddling the California-Nevada border and notorious as the hottest place on earth, has experienced a revival after two years of extraordinary and torrential rains.

There are kayakers in Death Valley. Phil Hulett explains.

Lake Manly, which vanished from existence around 10,000 years ago, has emerged anew, stretching six miles in length, three miles in width, and reaching a depth of two feet. The revival of this ancient lake, once a sprawling. . .