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Officials at the Death Valley National Park have [appeared / appealed] to visitors to [refrain / retrain] from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been [undulated / inundated] with visitors trying to test the theory that it is hot enough to fry an egg [even / ever] since a park employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do so. The online [chip / clip] , together with [soaring / soar] temperatures nearing 50°C and the centennial on Wednesday of the hottest temperature [even / ever] recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, with [messed / messy] results. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, [disgraced / discarded] egg cartons, and the foul-smelling [glue / goo] from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun.

Park rangers [urged / urging] people on their Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's [posting / pasting] of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was [intended / intention] to demonstrate how [hot / toasty] it can get here, with the [recommending / recommendation] that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and [properly / probably] dispose of the contents. However, the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked [direction / directly] on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells [stewed / strewn] across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins [provided / provision] and don’t crack eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia, joking that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will catch it [basted / cooked] ".

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Good Luck. Officials at the Death Valley National Park have [appeared / appealed] to visitors to [refrain / retrain] from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been [undulated / inundated] with visitors trying to test the theory that it is hot enough to fry an egg [even / ever] since a park employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do so. The online [chip / clip] , together with [soaring / soar] temperatures nearing 50°C and the centennial on Wednesday of the hottest temperature [even / ever] recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, with [messed / messy] results. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, [disgraced / discarded] egg cartons, and the foul-smelling [glue / goo] from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun. Park rangers [urged / urging] people on their Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's [posting / pasting] of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was [intended / intention] to demonstrate how [hot / toasty] it can get here, with the [recommending / recommendation] that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and [properly / probably] dispose of the contents. However, the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked [direction / directly] on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells [stewed / strewn] across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins [provided / provision] and don’t crack eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia, joking that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will catch it [basted / cooked] ".
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