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The hottest land surface on Earth recorded by the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer installed on NASA's Aqua satellite from 2003 to 2010 was in Dasht-e Lut, with land surface temperatures reaching 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), though the air temperature is cooler, ranging from 45 °C (113 °F) to 55 °C (131 °F) in the daytime during summer.
Satellite measurements of ground temperature taken between 2003 and 2009, taken with the MODIS infrared spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite, found a maximum temperature of 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), which was recorded in 2005 in the Lut Desert, Iran. The Lut Desert was also found to have the highest maximum temperature in 5 of the 7 years ...
English: University of Montana scientists found Iran's Lut Desert reached the hottest temperature of anywhere on Earth between 2003 and 2009. Date: ... Dasht-e Lut ...
The temperature in Al 'Aziziyah was recorded on September 13, 1922 not 1915 maybe that would change a bit!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.67.15.248 04:27, 13 January 2010 (UTC) Seven years of satellite temperature data show that the Lut Desert in Iran is the hottest spot on Earth.
Yakhchāl of Moayedi, Iran. A yakhchāl (Persian: یخچال "ice pit"; yakh meaning "ice" and chāl meaning "pit") is an ancient type of ice house, which also made ice.They are primarily found in the Dasht-e Lut and Dasht-e-Kavir deserts, whose climates range from cold (BWk) to hot (BWh) desert regions.
In the north of the basin is the large Dasht-e Kavir (a salt desert), in the east and south is the Dasht-e Lut (a sand and gravel desert), and there are portions of the plateau covered in large sand dunes. The average elevation is 900 metres (3,000 ft). [1]
Dasht-e Kavir (Persian: دشت كوير, lit. 'Low Plains' in classical Persian, from khwar (low), and dasht (plain, flatland)) or the Kavir Desert , also known as Kavir-e Namak or the Great Salt Desert , is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian Plateau .
It is located in the desert of Dasht- e Lute within the Shahdad region of Kerman Province. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The lake spans an area of roughly 60 hectares. It is also known by several names, including Kalut Javan , Jawan Lake , and Shahdad Lake .