Earth's most extreme places

Chapter 1

Where Earth boils

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Chapter 2

The frozen frontiers

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Chapter 3

Where rain never falls

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Chapter 4

Descending into the abyss

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YOUR GOAL

Master of Earth's most extreme places

Ch 1 · Where Earth boils

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misslily The furnace of Death Valley

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misslily The scorching sands of Lut Desert

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Fun Fact

Lut Desert heat: NASA satellites recorded the Lut Desert's surface at 80.8°C (177.4°F), which is hot enough to fry an egg directly on the sand.

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Quiz

What makes the Dallol hydrothermal field in Ethiopia look so colorful and alien?

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Gossip

Would you rather visit a boiling acid spring or a superheated desert?

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Quiz

Which geological feature is responsible for the extreme heat at Dallol?

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What is the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth, measured in Death Valley in 1913?

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How hot can water spewing from deep-sea hydrothermal vents get without boiling?

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What is the average annual temperature of Ethiopia's Dallol, one of the hottest places on Earth?

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Why does Death Valley trap so much heat within its valley walls?

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What kind of organisms survive around hydrothermal vents in the deep ocean?

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Quiz

Which desert in Iran recorded a record-breaking land surface temperature of 80.8°C (177.4°F)?

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