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Death Valley USA
Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California.
It is one of the hottest places in the world at the height of summertime along with deserts
in Africa and in the Middle East.
Death Valley was named by California gold seekers who had to cross the desolate wasteland
in order to reach the gold fields in 1849, according to the National Park Service.
Death Valley was established as a national park in 1994.
Death Valley is the largest national park in the contiguous United States with around
3.4 million acres, according to the NPS.
According to Dolce, it holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded on the
planet, topping out at 134 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913.
Death Valley is on the border of California and Nevada, with Las Vegas only two hours
away.
Death Valley has an estimated 6,000 -10,000 abandoned mines, according to the NPS.
Tours are offered at Scotty's Castle, a villa from the early 1900's built by a Chicago millionaire
and conman Walter E. Scott.
The park has some of the darkest skies in the United States -- great for stargazing!
Over 1,000 types of plants live in the park, according to the NPS.
The most popular places to watch the sunset are Dante's View, Zabriskie Point and the
sand dunes.
The most common wildlife in Death Valley are coyotes, ravens, roadrunners, ground squirrels
and lizards.
The Danakil Desert, Eritrea.
The Danakil Desert is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern
Djibouti.
Situated in the Afar Triangle, it stretches across 136,956 square kilometres of arid terrain.
With average temperatures consistently hovering at 94 ˚F, Dallol, Ethiopia might just be
the hottest inhabited place on the planet.
The Danakil Desert in Ethiopia is one of the most inhospitable places on earth, but it
is also one of the most strangely beautiful.
It is one of only two places where a mid-ocean ridge of tectonic plates can be seen on land,
and at the northern corner of the desert.
The Awash River that comes for the South East, but never reaches the ocean as it evaporates
in the Afar Triangle.
The lowest point of the desert is Lake Assale and the second lowest area is Lake Afrera.
Wildlife in the Dallol Depression is extremely rare and threatened, but some species still
hang on to their survival.
The pillars of salt and pools of acid at Dallol form some of the most alien landscape to be
found on earth.
Salt merchants travel over rough terrain to gain access to the rich mineral .
Without roads, visitors and workers must use camel caravans to enter the Afar Depression.
Mount Washington, USA.
Mount Washington, called Agiocochook by some Native American tribes, is the highest peak
in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most prominent mountain
east of the Mississippi River.
The mountain is located in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, in the township
of Sargent's Purchase, Coös County, New Hampshire.
Mount Washington's weather is notoriously extreme.
In winter, Mount Washington experiences sub-zero temperatures, hurricane-force winds, snow
and ice that essentially turn the peak into an Arctic outpost in a temperate climate zone.
In fact, winter conditions at its summit can rival those of Mount Everest.
Hurricane force winds occur an average of 110 days per year.
On January 16, 2004, the summit weather observation registered a temperature of −43.6 °F and
sustained winds of 87.5 mph, resulting in a wind chill value of −102.59 °F on the
mountain.
More than a quarter million people visit the summit each summer by car, train, or foot.
Madidi National Park, Bolivia.
Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia.
Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and, along with the nearby
protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba.
The park is not only one of the most diverse ecological hot spots on the planet but one
of the largest protected areas in Bolivia.
Madidi National Park, in northwest Bolivia, may be the most biologically diverse place
on earth, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
The best way to experience Madidi National Park is through one of the many ecological
and cultural tours providing an authentic and safe jungle experience.
According to a WCS release, a full 11 percent of the world's bird species live in the park.
Madidi's diverse life also includes more than 200 species of mammals, almost 300 types of
fish and 12,000 plant species.
Madid National park is home to 46 indigenous communities from six different tribes.
Whilst it's possible to explore Madidi on your own, it's highly recommended to book
a tour in order to get the most our of your jungle experience.
Bikini Atoll, The Marshall Islands.
Bikini Atoll is an atoll in the Marshall Islands which consists of 23 islands totaling 3.4
square miles surrounding a deep 229.4-square-mile central lagoon.
The Marshall Islands are marking 60 years since the devastating US hydrogen bomb test
at Bikini Atoll, with exiled islanders saying they are too fearful to ever go back because
of nuclear contamination.
The 15-megatonne Bravo test on 1 March 1954 was a thousand times more powerful than the
atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Bikini islanders and their descendants have lived in exile since they were moved for the
first weapons tests in 1946.
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