United States - November 16, 2025 Clark Dry Lake, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California – A video published by Dr. Maria Thompson shows a first-person view from inside a slowly moving vehicle as it drives across Clark Dry Lake during a rare flash flood event on a normally dry, cracked lake bed. The footage follows the vehicle as it rolls toward a broad sheet of fast-moving, muddy brown water sweeping across the flat desert floor under a dull gray, overcast sky. At first, the water forms a shallow stream that only covers part of the rough “road,” marked by tire tracks on the lake surface. As the vehicle continues, the flood deepens and becomes more violent, with clear ripples, small waves, and foamy patches where the current is strongest. The camera, likely a phone held by someone in the vehicle, trembles slightly as the car splashes through, capturing the water spreading out widely across the pale, salty surface of the dry lake. There is no narration or music on the clip, only the natural sound of the engine and the churning floodwater.