 Definitely shocking. I don't know how anything can survive out here. Andrea Karunanayake now knows firsthand how hot even a dry heat can get. Death Valley National Park ranger Matthew Lamar says in a place where temps can reach the mid-120s... You start to feel it on your skin, in your eyes. They start to dry, start to almost hurt a little bit. In Death Valley or wherever heat is high, the keys are hydration with skin and eye protection.