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Death Valley’s lake vanished 10,000 years ago and it’s back

In one of the hottest places on Earth, a vanished Ice Age lake has quietly returned to life. Where most visitors expect a ...
Travel + Leisure

This National Park Has Nearly 1,000 Miles of Roads and Surreal Landscapes—and It's the Hottest Place on Earth

There are few national parks as extreme as Death Valley National Park, which straddles the border of California and Nevada. The saltwater flats of Badwater Basin sit well below sea level and face ...
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Death Valley breaks 115-year rain record as roads stay closed

Death Valley has just rewritten its own record book, logging more rain in a single event than any time in at least 115-year of measurements, and the fallout is still unfolding on the ground. Even as ...
Los Angeles Times

How Death Valley National Park tries to keep visitors alive amid record heat

FURNACE CREEK, Calif. — As temperatures swelled to 128 degrees, Death Valley National Park rangers got a call that a group of six motorcyclists were in distress. All available medics rushed to the ...