Surviving Death Valley at 128 degrees 'like a blow-dryer in my face'
by Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times
Jul 18, 2023
3 minutes
An unfathomable heat descended here on Monday, the hottest place in a rapidly warming world. At the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, a digital thermometer read 123 degrees and counting — within striking distance of the hottest temperature ever recorded on planet Earth.
By midday, the canyons and gorges of the vast park near the border of Nevada shimmered beneath the white-hot sun, but the relentless, eyeball-stinging heat wasn't enough to stop visitors from
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