An ancient lake that dried up approximately 130,000 years ago has reemerged after record rainfall in California’s Death Valley, arguably the hottest place on Earth.

Lake Manly was formed during the ice age, when woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers roamed the Earth, according to geological studies done on the surrounding ground . As temperatures warmed and the climate shifted, the body of water that was once 100 miles long and 600 feet deep shriveled up.

But after heavy rainfall last month, the white salt pan sometimes returns to its prior watery form, awing Death Valley residents and tourists alike.

The desert valley’s Badwater Basin is nearly 300 feet below sea level, making it the lowest point in North America. Rain often is dumped on the other side of the surrounding mountains

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