15 Pics Show How a Devastating Wildfire Gave Birth to a Super Bloom of Wildflowers

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It’s been quite the winter for Southern California. The region was hit hard by devastating fires followed by polar vortexes and record-breaking rainfall.

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Besides filling dams and reservoirs, the rainfall also led to explosions of colorful wildflowers when the conditions were right.

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The conditions in Simpson Park in Riverside County were perfect this season, but it didn’t seem that way a short while ago.

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The Fairview Fire devastated this area only six months earlier.

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The first was so fierce, it burned away all vegetation, leaving only the charred skeletal branches of a few hardy plants.

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But the rains came, and the wildflowers were free to explode across the barren landscape.

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It’s an amazing story of rebirth after a deadly fire.

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The famed California poppies were everywhere.

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But it felt like nearly every color of the rainbow was proudly represented.

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Keep scrolling to see how these wildflowers have brought color and life back to the hills of Simpson Park in Southern California.

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$15 Pics Show How a Devastating Wildfire Gave Birth to a Super Bloom of Wildflowers\u200b$
$15 Pics Show How a Devastating Wildfire Gave Birth to a Super Bloom of Wildflowers\u200b$
$15 Pics Show How a Devastating Wildfire Gave Birth to a Super Bloom of Wildflowers\u200b$
$15 Pics Show How a Devastating Wildfire Gave Birth to a Super Bloom of Wildflowers\u200b$
$15 Pics Show How a Devastating Wildfire Gave Birth to a Super Bloom of Wildflowers\u200b$

15 Pics Show How a Devastating Wildfire Gave Birth to a Super Bloom of Wildflowers