
Stunning satellite images of Southern California's 'superbloom' of poppy flowers reveal that the blossoms are so vibrant and orange, they're even visible from outer space.

The blooming poppies have taken over the hilly city of Lake Elsinore, California, concentrated along the Walker Canyon.

The beautiful and overwhelming bloom of the wild flowers has attracted tens of thousands of flower-crazed tourists who have collectively shut down the area and caused huge traffic jams, all in pursuit of the perfect Instagram with the rare spectacle.

While the flowers are dazzling on Earth, they even make one catch their breath when seen from outer space.

Satellite images snapped on Tuesday show a generous dusting of orange along the canyon and in Lake Elsinore.

The poppies stretch across the mountains, crop up alongside highways, and transform rollinghills of green into captivating golden slopes.

Incredible satellite images snapped on Tuesday from outer space show the orange poppy 'superbloom' taking over Southern California

Over the past two weeks a massive bloom of poppy flowers took over Lake Eilsinore and Walker Canyon in a stunning display

The poppies stretch across the mountains, crop up alongside highways, and transform rolling hills of green into captivating golden slopes

The blooms took over the southern California hills after the area experienced heavy winter rain followed by warm temperatures

A super bloom occurs when warm temperatures follow stretches of winter rain and the explosion of flowers exceeds average spring-time blooms.

Over the past two weeks the green hills transformed slowly but surely into poppy fields.

The color of the poppies is so vivid it can be seen from