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Badwater Basin firmly defends the absolute lowest elevation

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Resting intensely at 282 feet below actual sea level, this blindingly white, salt-crusted hellscape is officially the deepest gouge in the North American continent, perfectly designed to fry anything that walks across it.

Badwater Basin firmly defends the absolute lowest elevation
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