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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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]
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.
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 .
English: The Dasht-e Lut is a large salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. It is characterized by wind-shaped ridges and furrows (Persian: kalout) reaching 75m in height.