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- spudnic, on 10/12/2007, -17/+134So mark it as a dupe and ***** off.
- KuntaKinte, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37cheaper than going to the grand canyon walkway
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Would've been nice if there was some commentary for each picture, so you know what the hell you're looking at.
Nonetheless, these are beautiful. I don't think most people ever think of Antarctica as an actual "continent" with actual land and actual mountains rather than just a gigantic slab of ice. - Conwaysb0718, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Where the hell are all the tap-dancing penguins?
- VeryBoredNow, on 10/12/2007, -6/+36I am positive the Nazis cleared that land for their underground bunkers... where the Fuhrer still lives today with his army of flying monkeys.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31@ Checkmate
Have fun down there, and don't forget to bring some extra tinfoil. - NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26Yeah, because I'm always photoshopping rocks into pictures of rocky terrain. It really ***** with people.
- FyreGoddess, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23It is a desert. The entire continent of Antarctica is, actually.
Polar deserts:
Polar deserts are areas with annual precipitation less than 250 millimeters and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10° C. Polar deserts on the Earth cover nearly 5 million square kilometers and are mostly bedrock or gravel plains. Sand dunes are not prominent features in these deserts, but snow dunes occur commonly in areas where precipitation is locally more abundant. Temperature changes in polar deserts frequently cross the freezing point of water. This "freeze-thaw" alternation forms patterned textures on the ground, as much as 5 meters in diameter.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/types/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22"a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10° C"
Huh. Today is almost the middle of April, and the temperature in New York right now is about 4° C. Suddenly Antarctica doesn't seem that inhospitable. - trieste, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18A frreeze-dried carcass of a Weddell seal is found near the Sollas Glacier in Taylor Valley, approximately 30 kilometers from the coast. Scientists believe seals who make their way to the Dry Valley do so because of mental illness, as there is no food or way for them to survive. The dry climate preserves the carcasses for thousands of years.
- chaddhatcher, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19@ cffury13
I had the "pleasure" being stationed in McMurdo for 4 months. I can say, its a great place to spend 3 days but after that you go insane. It is also one of the most dangerous places I have ever been. - cffury13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13absolutely stunning. One of the things i want to accomplish in life is a trip to Antarctica after seeing so much about it.
- EvilGnome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I love how clear that ice is. Everything is so clean and pure. I hope all that can be preserved.
- willcode4beer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"maybe not anymore"
um, did you look at the pictures?
its still dry - mesoed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Nice video Gravey9. Media and politics have slammed the man made global warming thing down people's throats enough to make the public believe it, despite its inaccuracies. On the flip side, the benefit of cleaning up the atmosphere, global warming or not, is a GOOD THING.
- EvilGnome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7when did you guys go and what was the temperature out of curiosity
- partchny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Anybody know what that animal carcass in the fifth photo is?
- gjscds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Antarctica is truly an incredible place. I had the opportunity to go down there for a month--and it was perhaps one of the best trips of my life. At times--miserable, but the content was incredible. Some of my pics are posted below:
http://www.thefrozencontinent.com/Index/index.htm - bpope, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@ cfurry13
I spent 4 months in/around McMurdo too...much of it out in the Valleys. chaddhatcher is right about McMurdo too, not too interesting in and of itself, but everywhere around it is amazing. Definitely take the chance to go if you can, and feel free to check out http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/antarctic for one way to get there. - Conwaysb0718, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I too am quite amazed you've managed to survive this long.
:) - AntBing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5He just wanted you to know he knew.
I thought it looked like fun to be out there taking those pictures until I got to the pics of their base camp. brrrrrrrrr. - rmmcclay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Those are some surreal earth photos...
Frankly it's ***** amazing I exist on such a planet. - gte879p, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3".... and except for a few steep rocks they are the only continental part of Antarctica devoid of ice. ....... the valley floor occasionally contains a perennially frozen lake with ice several meters thick..."
Ok, so the writing leaves something to be desired (more descriptions would be great! What kind of animal skeleton was that?) At least the pictures are good :) - jonpotz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3thanks for this, these pictures are truly amazing!
- Rkstar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Doesn't it look like the rock in this pic is photoshopped in? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/452029734_b351355884_o.jpg
- eradicator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Finally a digg photo submission that isn't some crappy HDR.
- tfulton89, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The first photo reminds me of the "Ice Barrier" that the Flat Earth Society claims is surrounding the world.
- gjscds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Antarctica is truly an incredible place. I had the opportunity to go there for a month a few years a go--and it was one of the best trips of my life. Quite miserable at times, but a lot of amazing memories. Some pics from my time there are posted below:
http://www.thefrozencontinent.com/Index/index.htm - derricklorah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There is also another set of pictures (artwork) on that blog below the antartica ones that are pretty surreal (and totally irrelevant to the article, but very unique none the less)
Link if you don't want to scroll to the bottom of the article:
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2007/04/surreal-spectacular-art-of-v-kush.html - quickgold192, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Interesting they were able to evade the guards who protect the ice wall that surrounds the earth disc...
- MadOgre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Reminds me of the mountains of madness...
/shivers - trer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Any possibility that this place can be turned into a casino/mega shopping complex? I'm seeing some real development possibilities here...
- StiGUP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2wow those pictures are absolutely fantastic ....i guess your never realize how beautiful a place like Antarctica really is
- yunfat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Buried. Pictures ripped off from another site/photographer.
Original link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/science/interactives/antarctica/index.html - zebstah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3And their "policy" is meaningless. Unless they secure the permission, they are infringing. Pretending to "try" or promising to "try" in the future isn't enough. It's like those stupid sites: "If you are the copyright owner and you don't want this here, then tell us and we will take it down." Umm, how about you don't put it up in the first place? Clearly you are infringing, or you wouldn't put that line as fair use doesn't require author permission.
And who cares how "well known" (though I doubt that) these bloggers are either....the post merely took the pictures and pasted them in a list. It made it useless compared to the original context which provided actual captions for the pictures. What is the point of the post compared to the original source? What additions were made? There were none, other than to get it on their own blog w/ ads. It is spam. It is pathetic.
I'd venture a guess that this blog author trolls the web looking for cool pics and articles to put in to his blog without the author's permission in order to gain traffic for his blog. Try writing/photographing/etc something yourself.
If the use of the photographs was legit, then there should be something along the lines of: Photographs by George Steinmetz, reproduced with permission of the author.
The original link is fine, just remove the stray period at the end. - tnvwboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I completely agree. Seeing pictures like this and watching Planet Earth (especially in HD) make me feel much smaller. It also makes you realize that Earth isn't completely a human domain. There are places where we are just visitors.
- quakerorts, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4@littlebylittle
Exactly what I was thinking. Could be a natural formation but it's certainly suspicious. Does anyone have more info on this "object?" - ryancxx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Thanks to people like you the rest of us are screwed.
- atb12688, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thats what happens when you have a desert...
- jesuschrysler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Do you see what happens, Larry? This is what happens when you have a desert!
- fusioned, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1amazing stuff!
- hockey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Have they found the second Stargate yet, or anymore freeze dried un-ascended ancients?
- aton111, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You can see the captions if you click on "view individual images and captions" at the bottom of the slideshow on the washingtonpost site.
"A frreeze-dried carcass of a Weddell seal is found near the Sollas Glacier in Taylor Valley, approximately 30 kilometers from the coast. Scientists believe seals who make their way to the Dry Valley do so because of mental illness, as there is no food or way for them to survive. The dry climate preserves the carcasses for thousands of years." - bigdt87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, those are amazing. Thanks for pointing them out.
- ostracize, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looks like it's floating. Laws of gravity change at the poles?
- littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Am I the only one wondering what the hell an Easter Island Statue is doing in Antarctica?
(Second Picture down in posted link on Digg.)
The Easter Island Statues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai - yonas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Would love to check it out someday.
- bpope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It is a mummified seal. Weddell seals can sometimes be infected with a type of disease that causes them to become delusional and travel inland instead of towards the sea. Since the Valleys are desert climate, the bodies are preserved, disturbed only by Skua gulls looking for a meal.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Dolphin maybe?
http://www.sawhalecentre.com/assets/wc_dolphin_skel.jpg - silverchrysalis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1a super mega mart, with eight lb boxes of nutmeg
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