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Taking The Heat Photos

Construction worker Trevor Lueck climbs down a ladder out of the sun as temperatures climb to 108 degrees before noon, in Apple Valley, Calif., 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles, Friday, July 6, 2007. A ferocious heat wave that has gripped the western U.S. continued, with sizzling record temperatures forecast across the sun-baked region.

(Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)