Death Valley Research Paper

They say it is one of the most unforgiving places on the planet. Five-thousand-nineteen square miles of desert wasteland, Death Valley is located in California about one-hundred miles west of Las Vegas. On July tenth, nineteen thirteen, it broke the official record for the hottest air temperature ever recorded in the world: one-hundred-thirty-four degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just the official recording. On July fifteenth nineteen seventy-two, the temperature is said to have reached two hundred one degrees. At day, the intense heat alone evaporates any semblance of liquid within minutes. At night, temperatures can drop below freezing. Humans have managed to thrive at every corner of the Earth, from the edges of the blustering Arctic tundra to the innermost depths of the equatorial jungle. The Timbisha Shoshone tribes are the one group known to have inhabited the Valley. Even they migrated through for only a few weeks a year, and solely while it was at its most temperate conditions. In the last fifteen years, dozens of people have died from the sheer heat. Death Valley is one of the few places on Earth …show more content…
It’s nothing but a vast deposit of salt and minerals that have run down from the canyon sides. The Basin is two-hundred-seventy-nine feet below sea level, or about ninety three yards. At first glance, it appears as if the Valley finally received some snow. The monochromatic ground is only distinguishable by its varying textures. Some areas look like the doing of a six-year old who rummaged the recycling bin: hexagonal Styrofoam plates, arrayed like tiles, are grouted together by shaving cream. Other areas look like they had been synthesized by a chemist in a lab. Countless square feet are carpeted by crystalline structures that look too perfect to be natural. The alkaline flats stretch to the horizons, and I can’t see the edges. A treaded path, greyed by the footsteps of tourists, leads