McMurdo Dry Valleys
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The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a series of largely snow-free desert valleys on the continental coastline of Victoria Land, Antarctica, east of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and west of McMurdo Sound and t
A basalt ventifact from the Dry Valleys
ASTER image of the Dry Valleys
Mummified seal carcass
Field camp of scientists during the Antarctic summer, c. 1965
Lake Vida
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Lake Vida is a hypersaline lake in Victoria Valley, the northernmost of the large McMurdo Dry Valleys, on the continent of Antarctica. It is isolated under year-round ice cover, and is considerably mo
McMurdo Dry Valleys
…driest places on Earth, though there are several anecdotal accounts of rainfall within the Dry Valleys. The region includes many features, including Lake Vida, a saline lake, and the Onyx River, a meltwater stream and Antarctica's longest river. Although no living organisms have been found in the permafrost…
Lake Vida, showing ice cover and surrounding Dry Valley terrain. Picture taken in 2012.