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Tourists descend as temperatures climb toward 120 in Death Valley
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Garrison MacQueen takes a break during a round-trip hike to the Panamint Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park just before dawn in July of 2014 when the he air temperature was at 88 degrees on its way to 115 degrees. He started the hike at 2 a.m. when the temperature was 91 degrees.
DEATH VALLEY (AP) — Desert dwellers in the western U.S. see temperatures topping 120 degrees as a reason to hunker down indoors and turn up the air conditioning. But some tourists welcome it as a bucket-list opportunity to experience Death Valley — famously the hottest place in America. Many will get their chance in the days ahead as a vicious heatwave bakes parts of Arizona, California and Nevada.