The Land Of Strange Analogies

Also known as the Land Of Enchantment:

Albuquerque has hovered in the high 90s for the past several days, and could hit 100 today --- prompting a few grumbles from those who'd been spoiled by a temperate spring.

...But the truth is, there's hot — and there is hot.

For example, in 2006 scientists at Sandia National Laboratories hit a record high temperature of about 3.6 billion degrees on an instrument called the Z Machine, used to test high-temperature physics.

A number like 3.6 billion qualifies as a world record (it's hotter than the sun), but it was set in only a fraction of a second.