Death Valley

Have you ever heard about Death Valley National Park?
Well, being there is a unique experience, unless you live below the sea level. This National Park looks abandoned, but it is just an impression. This huge mass of sand and rocks is deliberately a place to visit before you die.
When you enter there, nothing disturbs you. It is just that you start thinking, «where am I?». No Rangers, just a long road to cross.
And then, after a while, suddenly you see 1 house, and a road sign telling you that you’re below the sea level… The weather is shinny. It is very hot and you better not put the air conditionning system (because if you do so, you can die!).

Well, THIS is an experience anybody should have!

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Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. Badwater, a basin located in Death Valley, is the specific location of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet (86.0 m) below sea level. This point is only 84.6 miles (136.2 km) ESE of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). Death Valley holds the record for the highest reliably reported temperature in the Western hemisphere, 134 °F (56.7 °C) at Furnace Creek on July 10, 1913—just short of the world record, 136 °F (57.8 °C) in Al ‘Aziziyah, Libya, on September 13, 1922.

Located near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Death Valley constitutes much of Death Valley National Park and is the principal feature of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve. It is located mostly in Inyo County, California. It runs from north to south between the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west; the Sylvania Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. It has an area of about 3,000 sq mi (7,800 km2). Death Valley shares many characteristics with other places below sea level.