From Frying Pan Lake to the Kungar Ice Caves: The HOTTEST and COLDEST place on Earth
UP and down the country the signs that summer is fast approaching are everywhere to see.
Dasht-e Lut in Iran can reach scorching temperatures
The sun is lingering longer and longer into the night sky, bartenders are serving up Pimm's by the jug, and people are finally daring to leave their homes without their coats.
But consider how you may handle earth's greatest extremes from 70.7C in Iran to -89.2C in Antarctica - here is a list of some of the hottest and coldest places on earth according to GBEnergy.
From Death Valley, California to the Flaming Mountains of Xinjiang, China there are many destinations that can be described as simply scorching.
While in Verkhoyansk or Ulaanbaatar freezing point is considered tropical.
Flaming Mountains in Xinjiang
Yakutsk in Russia
The hottest and coldest places on earth