Theres a reason they dont call it Comfortable Valley.
On July 20 the temperatures were even more extreme, hitting 123 degrees F (50 degrees C).
The ground would have been even hotter than the air.
Death Valley’s Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes can get really, really hot as one poor Belgian man learned.© Giuseppe Milo via Flickr
The conditions get so hot that even emergency helicopters cant safely land as the heat can reduce rotor lift.
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