As if its not hot enough on the West coast today

[yuiyoshida]

[orpupilofnature57]

1. It does have the highest recorded temprature for the United States

[NYC_SKP]

2. Cool! I work with schools in Mojave and they have fried eggs with ease.

I have a couple commercial solar ovens (Sunovens) and several cheap ones (Sun Spot) and both can bake cookies in 30 minutes or less.

I've done pork loin and chicken and chili and dozens of cookies, and cookies as far north as Eureka (you just need sun).

This guy would have done better to just set the pan down and walk away, return in 15 minutes.

If he'd have covered it with glass, the egg would have cooked even sooner.

You can totally fry eggs in the sun!

[yuiyoshida]

3. Works better on a car hood, especially after your

car has been running a good half hour.

[Downwinder]

4. Used to be a Scout troop in Phoenix

that put on demonstrations frying eggs on sun heated rocks.

[yuiyoshida]

5. I bet they went though a lot of Pam!!

[AtomicKitten]

6. I camped with friends in Death Valley

many, many years ago. It was December, 100-degrees and pleasantly dry heat. We went sightseeing, saw Scotty's Castle and all the weird topographical oddities the terrain offers. We just pulled over and camped, no one bothered us. Very cool memory ... thanks for posting!

[ffr]

7. It's a stinker here too.

I'll let everyone know when we have a morning low temperature that falls below the average morning low. Hasn't happened this year I don't think. Today it's 7 degrees above normal which is rather surprising. It's been in the 11 to 15 degree range a couple days ago.

And while we humans debate weather or not this or that is real, the birds and the bees are moving to higher latitudes and elevations to escape the heat. They know what's going on.

[greiner3]

8. He mentioned 'scientific';

But if he was really doing a scientific experiment, he would have measured the heat of the pan, have two pans and changed the experiment in one specific way to determine if his hypothesis was correct (can an egg fry in the heat of the day), used some sort of aid (glass or reflectors as mentioned down stream), come back at later and later intervals and not just the 5 or so minutes he mentions, etc...

Just sayin'.