Desert floods happen occasionally in the Southern Arava. To see water flowing in these extreme arid landscapes is a blessing and a celebration.

A desert flash flood with rapid running water, southern Arava, Israel
A desert flash flood with rapid running water, southern Arava, Israel.
A desert flash flood with rapid running water, southern Arava, Israel
Flowing muddy water cascading over a rocky waterfall in a desert landscape during a flash flood, southern Arava, Israel
Brown muddy water flowing over a rocky cliff in a waterfall in a desert flash flood, southern Arava, Israel

Shortly after the rain, and for a brief time, the desert blooms

Close-up of a small purple flower with yellow stamens, surrounded by green plant stems and leaves, Arabian Fagonbush, Fagonia arabica, southern Arava, Israel.
Wildflowers Reseda stenostachya growing amidst rocks in a desert landscape, southern Arava, Israel
Close-up of a flowering plant with small white and pale pink flowers and yellow pollen, southern Arava, Israel
Close-up of a plant with yellow flowers, green stems, and white berries, Taily Weed Ochradenus baccatus, southern Arava, Israel.
Desert lavender Lavandula coronopifolia plant blooming, purple and white flowers, southern Arava, Israel.
A close-up of a spiky, green and white plant with long, sharp thorns radiating outward from a central core, Spiny Globe-Thistle Echinops polyceras, southern Arava, Israel.
Close-up of a small flowering plant with white and purple flowers and a brown seed pod on fuzzy stems, Pergularia tomentosa, southern Arava, Israel.
Close-up of small white flowers with purple markings and green stems, White weeping broom Retama raetam, southern Arava, Israel.
Commicarpus sinuatus plant blooming with pink and white flowers, southern Arava, Israel
Close-up of a small flowering plant with white and purple patterned petals, fuzzy green stems, and buds, Egyptian Sage Salvia aegyptiaca, southern Arava, Israel.
Close-up of a small, yellow flower with striped petals on green plant stems, Egyptian Rattle Box Crotalaria aegyptiaca, southern Arava, Israel.
Close-up of yellow desert flowers with small, gray-green leaves on a shrub, Gymnocarpos decander, southern Arava, Israel.
Close-up of a plant with thin green stems and small yellow flowers in a natural outdoor setting, southern Arava desert, Israel.
Close-up of a yellow thistle flower with spiny, gray-green leaves, Arabian Oxeye Anvillea garcini, southern Arava desert, Israel.