Death Valley Earth at 134 °F (56.7 °C) on July 10, 1913, as well as the highest recorded natural ground surface temperature on Earth at 201 °F (93.9 °C) on July 15, 1972. 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
Death Valley Germans Death Valley Germans The Death Valley Germans (as dubbed by the media) were a family of four German tourists who went missing in Death Valley National Park on July 23, 1996. After an intense search and rescue operation no trace of the family was discovered and the search was called off. In 2009 the presumed remains of the adult members of the family were discovered by hikers who were searching for evidence of the German tourists' fates, and conclusive proof of the fate of the male adult has been established. The family consisted of 34-year-old German architect Egbert Rimkus, his