Superbloom ― flower splendor in California draws visitors

In Santa Margarita, visitors walk the trails through a sea of yellow wildflowers. The rush of people is great. In some regions of California, only guided hikes are offered anymore because tourists have trampled the flower splendor to pieces - on a quest for the best photo.

The view of the flowering splendor from a zip line is completely harmless to nature. On the blooming hillsides, visitors see that it's not only poppies that grow in Corona, California, but also encelias, chias and lupines. But the capacity of the zip lines is finite. To prevent tourists from straying off the trails, patrols keep a watchful eye.

An Australian Shepherd dog jumps through the orange sea of flowers. A dream come true for photographers. Nature lovers, however, are probably less enthusiastic about the many Instagram models who go out into nature just for the perfect picture, with little regard for the delicate flowers.

Over the past few days, the fields have suffered. In the Antelope Valley, visitors crowd to snap the ultimate superbloom photo. Time is of the essence. California's wildflower season begins in mid-March in Southern California's vast deserts, and moves north through the great valleys. It reaches the mountain meadows in late July. Then the spectacle is over.

It's not just the California desert that's in bloom. These golden poppies bloom in the desert landscape of Arizona's Golden Valley. The plant, called "California Sunlight" or "Cup of Gold," is a member of the Papaveraceae family, native to the United States and Mexico.