An ancient lake has reemerged after Death Valley National Park experienced record-breaking rainfall this fall.

From September to November, Death Valley, located in California and Nevada, received 2.41 inches of rain, making it the national park's wettest fall, according to a news release on the park's website. In November alone, the park received 1.76 inches of rain, breaking the previous record of 1.7 inches set in 1923.

Due to the rains, Lake Manly, which dates back to the Ice Age, has formed once again in the Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, which lies 282 feet below sea level. But the lake isn't very deep.

"The lake, colloquially known as 'Lake Manly,' is much smaller and shallower than the one that formed after the remnants of Hurricane Hilary passed through the

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