2 Answers. , I went nude hiking in Darwin Falls and Golden Canyon in Death Valley. The highest recognized official temperature is 134 degrees fahrenheit in 1913, as the other answer said. However, in 2012 a meteorologist visiting Badwater Basin recorded a temperature of 135.5 degrees fahrenheit.
In the ocean, pink salmon feed on plankton, other smaller fish, squid, and the occasional aquatic insect. The tiny marine crustaceans pink salmon eat are what give their flesh its pink color. As with all members of the salmon family, when they return to freshwater to spawn, they stop eating.
A young pink salmon infected with sea lice. ((Courtesy of Alexandra Morton/Science)) Fish farming has had a bad rap, but will continue to grow quickly, may be the only way to meet rising demand for seafood and isn't necessarily an environmental problem, a U.S. scientist says.