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	10 Most Extreme Places on Earth
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7-30-2009 2:58 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d0afe097-04c9-47e3-9291-c9dd8a2afbce/B4476534-2264-4E11-802B-8ADF9638FBE5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx" href="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.oddee.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top1.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Lut Desert <SMALL>(Iran)</SMALL>:</I> hottest place on Earth at 159 °F <SMALL>(71 °C)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/DD6BF8E8-4B5B-4433-8064-CFFD61BD0CEF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><SPAN>But according to other sites, a NASA satellite recorded surface 
temperatures as high as 71 °C (159 °F) in the Lut desert of Iran, supposedly the 
hottest </SPAN><SPAN class=IL_SPAN><INPUT type=hidden 
name=IL_MARKER>temperature</SPAN> ever recorded on the surface of Earth. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top2.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Mt. Chimborazo <SMALL>(Ecuador)</SMALL>:</I> highest point above Earht's center at 20,703 feet <SMALL>(6,310 m)</SMALL> above sea level</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/6184E41E-6181-4DA1-9B4F-F7CD978C988E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top3.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Tristan de Cunha <SMALL>(UK)</SMALL>:</I> most remote inhabited archipelago on Earth at 2,000 miles from the nearest continent</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/A4BB5737-8675-40C5-AC01-D32989F36058" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top4.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Angels Falls <SMALL>(Venezuela)</SMALL>:</I> Earth's highest waterfall with 3230 feet <SMALL>(984 m)</SMALL> in height </H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/AA1A0729-8F0C-49DA-B972-B1944A233ED5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top5.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Oymyakon <SMALL>(Russia)</SMALL>:</I> coldest inhabited place on Earth at −96.2 °F <SMALL>(−71.2 °C)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/D1D3B1C4-6A10-4E3E-87CB-FF6A1D80AEF3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx">on January 26, 1926, a <SPAN class=IL_SPAN><INPUT type=hidden 
name=IL_MARKER>temperature</SPAN> of −71.2 °C (</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top6.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>The Dry Valleys <SMALL>(Antarctica)</SMALL>:</I> driest place on Earth</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/C7AE738F-4173-4993-918C-210F73A6A82C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top7.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Marianas Trench <SMALL>(Indonesia and Japan)</SMALL>:</I> lowest point on Earth at 35,840 feet <SMALL>(10,924 m)</SMALL> below sea level</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/0D6AD89D-E459-4EB8-9C12-E78836ACFB93" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top8.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Lloro <SMALL>(Colombia)</SMALL>:</I> wettest place on Earth</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/1063CD32-DFB2-4A5C-9F5B-92AA8B2213BF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top9.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> <I>Mount Thor <SMALL>(Canada)</SMALL>:</I> Earth's greatest vertical drop</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/B37DCF32-CB93-407E-85A2-10E58AA2B6F6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx">Earth's lowest elevation at 1,385 ft <SMALL>(422 mt)</SMALL> below sea level</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96770.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/B83EB868-DBD2-4D9B-9DD1-C51728255183" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B4476534-2264-4E11-802B-8ADF9638FBE5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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