When temperatures soared to 127 degrees in Death Valley recently, a park ranger decided to prove that it was so hot out you could fry an egg. She did so with the help of a pan and a lid, then posted her results on Facebook. Unfortunately, since then, several copycats have attempted the trick in the park — without the pan. As you can imagine, they are creating quite a mess. Now representatives from the park are asking people to stop trying to fry eggs in Death Valley.

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The park rangers took to their Facebook page to implore visitors not to fry eggs on the pavement. Since the video was posted, according to NBCNews.com, there has been a proliferation of broken shells, discarded egg cartons, and general mess. The Facebook post read: "An employee's posting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was intended to demonstrate how hot it can get here, with the recommendation that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and properly dispose of the contents. However, the Death Valley NP maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked directly on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells strewn across the parking lot. This is your national park, please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins provided and don't crack eggs on the sidewalks, or the Salt Playa at Badwater."

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According to Bill Nye "The Science Guy," an egg can be fried on a sidewalk if the ambient temperature is 130 Fahrenheit. But you must be patient. The time it will take for the egg to fully cook in that temperature is roughly 20 minutes. Nye also suggests to "use a little olive oil or butter on the sidewalk or street [which] will allow more heat to flow into the egg."

How is it possible for an egg to fry on a sidewalk? According to Nye, the temperature of the ground, especially on black surfaces, can get much hotter than the actual air around it. The egg is cooked by convection thanks to the hot air and the radiation of the sun.

Have you ever tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk during a heatwave?

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