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Source: https://bit.ly/2uRj8Xe Mount Erebus Facts Looking like something one might expect to see in a movie scene set on another planet, the incredible Mount Erebus ranks as the second highest volcano in its part of the world. The mount also forms part of the Pacific Ring of Fire which includes over 160 active volcanoes. The volcano has been […]Read More
Source: http://bit.ly/1Hwm3lD Photographer: Peter Rejcek Blood Falls Facts Blood Falls is an extraordinarily unique wonder of geology. It is an outpouring of melting salt water, which flows from a point on the Taylor Glacier. From there, the Blood Falls pour onto the frozen surface of West Lake Bonney which is in McMurdo Dry Valley, in the […]Read More
Source: https://bit.ly/2xFnfK1 Onyx River Facts Despite its name, the Onyx River is not a true river. It is, in fact, a meltwater stream in the continent of Antarctica. There are no true rivers on the continent. However, its geological uniqueness, along with that of other meltwater streams in Antarctica, makes them rivers. The Onyx River is the largest, […]Read More
McMurdo Dry Valleys Facts First of all, the region collectively known as the McMurdo Dry Valleys easily ranks as one of the most extreme deserts known to man. This remains especially remarkable given one particular fact. That holds true because the incredible feature formed in a section of the continent of Antarctica. However, even in […]
Source: https://bit.ly/2xFnfK1 Onyx River Facts Despite its name, the Onyx River is not a true river. It is, in fact, a meltwater stream in the continent of Antarctica. There are no true rivers on the continent. However, its geological uniqueness, along with that of other meltwater streams in Antarctica, makes them rivers. The Onyx River is the largest, […]
Source: http://bit.ly/1Hwm3lD Photographer: Peter Rejcek Blood Falls Facts Blood Falls is an extraordinarily unique wonder of geology. It is an outpouring of melting salt water, which flows from a point on the Taylor Glacier. From there, the Blood Falls pour onto the frozen surface of West Lake Bonney which is in McMurdo Dry Valley, in the […]
Source: https://bit.ly/2uRj8Xe Mount Erebus Facts Looking like something one might expect to see in a movie scene set on another planet, the incredible Mount Erebus ranks as the second highest volcano in its part of the world. The mount also forms part of the Pacific Ring of Fire which includes over 160 active volcanoes. The volcano has been […]
