Tourists are flocking to Death Valley National Park — a narrow, 282-foot basin on the California-Nevada border — to experience how the triple-digit temperatures feel against their skin.
One of hottest places on Earth is drawing more visitors this week, not in spite of near-record high temperatures but because of them.
community that includes a visitors center and an outdoor digital thermometer. Dozens of people have gathered at the temperature reading in recent days, some wearing fur coats as an ironic joke, to experience the heat and snap a picture to impress family and friends on social media. "I just want to go to a place, sort of like Mount Everest, to say, you know, you did it," William Cadwallader of Las Vegas People visit the unofficial thermometer reading 133 degrees at Furnace Creek Visitor Center on July 11, 2021 in Death Valley National Park, California. , just seven degrees shy of the highest temperature recorded on Earth — 134 degrees Fahrenheit at Furnace Creek on July 1913.
Death Valley is situated below sea level but is nestled among steep mountain ranges, according to the park service's website. The bone-dry air and meager plant coverage allows sunlight to heat up the desert surface. The rocks and the soil emit all that heat in turn, which then becomes trapped in the depths of the valley.
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