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©2006
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally broadcast January 8, 2006 on PBS as part of the Nature television series
"Death Valley is one of the hottest, driest, and most inhospitable environments on the planet, regularly registering temperatures in the triple digits. Yet some wild creatures actually call the place home, making the best of a bad situation by finding inventive ways to beat the heat. And each July, ultramarathoners find inspiration in its extremes, willingly running 135 miles through the park, taking on the lethal heat and 30 mph winds as a personal challenge. ... Imposing mountains rise almost almost two vertical miles above its sprawling salt flats ... [a]nd most surprinsingly, it sits atop one of the largest aquifer systems in the United states, spanning nearly 40,000 square miles and plunging to unknown depths"--Container
Editor, Christopher Tegg ; music, Lenny Williams
Narrated by Anthony LaPaglia
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