Most visitors to Death Valley National Park only make it a short distance to any site at the hottest and driest place on Earth before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle.
Daniel Jusehus snapped a photo earlier this week of a famed thermometer outside the aptly named Furnace Creek Visitor Center after challenging himself to a run in the sweltering heat.
This weekend, the temperatures could climb past 130 F , but that likely won't deter some willing to brave the heat. Signs at hiking trails advise against venturing out after 10 a.m., though nighttime temperatures are still expected to be over 90 F . The hottest temperature recorded at Death Valley was 134 F in July 1913, according to the park service.
The precautions vary across parks and landscapes, said Cynthia Hernandez, a National Park Service spokesperson. Certain trails might be closed if conditions are too dangerous. Alerts and restrictions are posted on websites for individual parks, Hernandez said. More than 1.1 million people annually visit the desert park, which sits over a portion of the California-Nevada border west of Las Vegas. At 5,346 square miles , it's the largest national park in the Lower 48. About one-fifth of the visitors come in June, July and August.
Last year, temperatures in Death Valley, California reached levels not seen in 100 years. This week, temperatures are approaching that mark again. And overall, temperatures that were thought impossible in the 1950s are now possible. Telemundo Dallas chief meteorologist Néstor Flecha explains how the greenhouse effect has shaped the climate and extreme temperatures.
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