Happy Perihelion Day! Snow in Death Valley

Today it's snowing in Death Valley—that means it's gonna be a riotous spring. This year, even the desert will bloom—it will be painted in pure California gold! Such a rare, riotous sight, snow plows in Death Valley! Snow level, 282 feet below sea level. When the snow melts, and when Badwater Lake returns to its origins, and becomes a mirror of the sky & Telescope Peak, I'd love to be there to witness it. Happy Perihelion Day! Today, tho it be mid-winter, the earth (n. hemisphere) is closer to the sun than any other day of the year.