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Desert Bloom

A desert bloom is a climatic phenomenon that occurs in desert across the globe, in which a wide variety of flowers blossom during early-to-mid-spring in years when rainfall is unusually high. The blossoming is caused when rain reaches seeds or bulbs that have been dormant, causing them to germinate and flower.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.