Tourists walk around Badwater in Death Valley National Park in California in summer 2017. Badwater, at 282 feet below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. It is often the hott …

Tourists walk around Badwater in Death Valley National Park in California in summer 2017. Badwater, at 282 feet below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. It is often the hottest spot during the summer in North America. (Mark Davis/Las Vegas Review-Journal)