Here’s a look at the 11 hottest places on earth.
The WMO’s weather archive notes that it reached 131 degrees Fahrenheit in July 1931.
It reached a scorching 123 degrees Fahrenheit in January 1960.
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If only the Acropolis had air-conditioning!
According to the same NASA report, this location’s LST exceeded 150 degrees Fahrenheit in 2008.
The Dallol hydrothermal field, located within the Danakil Depression, also creates an absolutely otherworldly landscape.
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