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Badwater, in America's Death Valley has a name and location that seems to issue a warning. That's partly justified as people have died in the area due to excessive heat when they have ventured away from roads and other people.

On August 16 2020 a new record high temperature was measured in the valley - 130F (54.4C)

The day I was there it was "only" 122F / 50C. Fortunately it's a dry heat - very low humidity which reduces the apparent severity - but can catch out the unwary. My cameras got so hot they were difficult to hold and I was concerned that they would stop working.

Badwater is also the lowest place in the USA at minus 279 feet (−85 m) below sea level and (for me at least) had a certain fascination. I think it's worth a diversion away from the more obvious places in Death Valley.
Date Taken on 19 September 2013, 12:32
Source Badwater, Death Valley (Explored)
Author Mike McBey
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by M McBey at https://flickr.com/photos/158652122@N02/50244222598. It was reviewed on 25 August 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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