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| | DEATH VALLEY DAYS |
 | | Death Valley is 3,000 square miles of the most eerie and wondrous landscape on this continent. |
 | | In summer, this valley 282 feet below sea level sizzles in 120-degree heat, offering, as one pioneer newspaper noted in 1907, "all the advantages of hell without the inconveniences." But in winter, spring and fall, this is a walker's paradise. |
 | | This valley is clearly not for everyone, but for the few rangers, staff, and teachers who live here year-round, there is no place else in the world like it. |
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