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Scenes from Antarctica
Down in Antarctica, November marks the end of spring, the beginning of austral summer, and the beginning of Antarctica's cruise season. The Sun just rose for the first time in 6 months on September 22nd, and is now visible in the sky all the time. Recent studies in Antarctica have brought new insights into the origins of deep sea octopus species (a 30 million-year-old ancestor from Antarctic waters), volcanic contributions to disappearing antarctic ice, and the effects of increasing numbers of icebergs scouring the seafloor. Collected here are 32 photographs of Antarctica from the past several years. (32 photos total)
After waiting for over two weeks for his mate to return from the sea and relieve him of nest duty, this Adelie penguin's hunger helps him make the decision to abandon his egg in search of fish and krill in the sea. Photo taken December 12, 2002. Known populations of the Adelie penguin have dropped by 65% over the past 25 years. (Melanie Conner/National Science Foundation)
A killer whale (viewed from above) swims amid floating ice in the Ross Sea in January of 2005. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center were studying the whales to determine if there are three separate species of Antarctic killer whales. (Donald LeRoi, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center/National Science Foundation) #
The aurora australis over the Dark Sector at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on June 3, 2008. The Dark Sector is so-named due to the absence of light and radio wave interfence. The bright spot above the ground shield in the foreground is Jupiter. The white streaks of light going up are the Milky Way. (Keith Vanderlinde/National Science Foundation) #
Nacreous clouds near McMurdo, Ross Island, Antarctica on August 28, 2004. These polar stratospheric clouds at 80,000 feet are the highest of all clouds. They only occur in the polar regions when the stratospheric temperature dips below 100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. They are also the site of chemical reactions that break down ozone in the upper atmosphere and contribute to the creation of the ozone hole above Antarctica. (Zenobia Evans/National Science Foundation) #
The Commonwealth Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains, seen on February 4, 2007. The glacier was named by the British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott (1910-1913) after the Commonwealth of Australia. This glacier flows in a southeasterly direction, west of Mount Coleman, in Victoria Land. (Mike Embree/National Science Foundation) #
A full moon and 25 second exposure allowed sufficient light into this photo taken at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station during the long Antarctic night in July of 2005. The new station can be seen at far left, power plant in the center and the old mechanic's garage in the lower right. Red lights are used outside during the winter darkness as their spectrum does not pollute the sky, allowing scientists to conduct astrophysical studies without artificial light interference. The green light in the sky is the aurora australis. (Chris Danals/National Science Foundation) #
A cable protrudes from the ice wall at Explorer's Cover, New Harbor, McMurdo Sound in this photo taken on November 12, 2005. The cable was used for the Remotely Operable Micro-Environmental Observatory (ROMEO), an underwater camera. Connected to onshore equipment and linked by radio to the Internet, ROMEO allowed scientists to study benthic fauna year-round. (Steve Clabuesch/National Science Foundation) #
The polar plateau seen on April 20, 2008. The polar plateau is comprised of a flat white snowy landscape as far as the eye can see in every direction. This photo depicts what most of Antarctica looks like - the bedrock of the continent is more than 2 miles below this snow surface. (Keith Vanderlinde/National Science Foundation) #
More links and information
Antarctic Photo Library - U.S. Antarctic Program page
Antarctica - NYTimes.com Topics page
Antarctica - Wikipedia entry
Catching the Wind in Antarctica - NYTimes.com Green Inc. Blog
Fossils Add More Proof of Global Climate Shift - NYTimes.com 08/05
Census of Marine Life - official site
Icebergs Digging Deep, With Implications for Life on the Bottom of the Sea - NYTimes.com 7/22
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the pics r really vry nice
Honestly!!! I cannot believe that any one person who recieves this email and looks at these photo's can make an ugly thing out of it. The photo's are breath taking, I would think to see it in person would be why these people go there, I have never seen such beauty myself and never will as I do not like the cold at all. All of you who do not believe in God that is your business, it does not have to be everyone else's! Does it really matter who people think is responsible as long as they are saying nice things?????? That is more than I can say for the ones who do not believe in God., Can't you just be nice and let well enough alone?
nothing on earth more beautiful, kudo's to the photographers and men and women who brave this environment . Thanks for sharing...... Paul Foster Woodstock Ont. Canada
My God.... Even such place exist on planate earth ??? I have not seen such a wonderful photography and nature at its best through out my life... Three cheers to the one who had been to this unique place without anticipating the dangers involved in it ! thanks for making these pictures available to us who live in a hot country (India).. some of the photographs made me sheever even in the hot condition to which i belong.... minus 100 degree F is just unimanigable....
Good Luck & Cheers !
Dipesh Sheth from Ahmedabad - India
The word amazing is an under statement , This is breathtaking . I am going to save this , Thank You all that had a part in making it possible for viewing.
HOW GREAT THOU ART is exactly right. Who but the Lord could create such incredible beauty even if most of it is water, ice, and sky?
where is the food chain i wonted
The greatness in creation is the water, ice, sky and everything else that makes up the universe. We are the blessed to be on this earth with the capability to appreciate all its beauty.
I saved almost every pic on my computer. they were really interesting
Magnificent nature photography!, made all the more powerful by the absence of
vulgar and ugly man made commercial enterprises. Re God: as Woody Allen once wrote, not only is there no god, but have you ever tried getting a plumber on the weekend?
Stunning! From this magnificence to the intracacies of the common house fly, some supreme intelligence (God) had to create it. It didn't just "happen".
Absolutely breathtaking photographs! A close friend of mine had the privilege to travel to Antarctica on an expedition in November 2008 and captured similiar photos. Since I will likely never have the opportunity to visit Antarctica, it's a pleasure to view such amazing photos.
THIS PLANET IS PRECIOUS!!!!!!
Wonderful and spectacular!!! The others have used all the other adjectives, so no need for me to repeat. ha
The 729.God did this? comment only shows your ignorance of God, and of man. God made a perfect world, and man messed it up. Read and understand the instruction manual, and maybe you'll begin to understand.
Thank you so much for letting us, that can not go to see these wonderful places ourselves. How Grand, and Royal the Icebergs look.
I love the way "Snoopy" cloud formation was caught floating in the sky over the mountain (woman studying biota).Thanks for sharing the majesty and beauty of this continent few of will ever be able to visit!
N......ice!
Just Unbelieveable!!!!! Magnificent!!
Thanx
This is BEAUTIFUL. This is some of the pictures that god created, isn't it amazing what god can do! Well i gtg l8ers!
Thx
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure am glad I can view this part of the world from my home in Florida. I have no desire to go there in the freezing tempratures. It is a beautiful site to behold God's handy work. Man can not take credit for any of it but just enjoy the site.
Spectacular photos. Enjoyed them all, will store them to watch again and again.
Thank you.
I have to give credit to those who are stationed there, in the name of science and for the good of man . we owe you much gratitude
Incredible!!!!
THIS IS AWESOME, I WILL NEVER HAVE THE CHANGE TO SEE IT FOR REAL SO I WILL REMEMBER THE BEAUTY FROM THIS E-MAIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
These pictures are just wonderful.
I am in awe by what our soul is allowed to view in nature...The shadow of a butterfly fleeting thru my yard is evidence enough for me that our creator thinks we are his most wonderful creation..
posted by Norm Crowson..March 25.2009 7:13 am
THOSE WERE FANTASTIC.
INCREDIBLE PICTURES OF ANATRICA BY LOOKING AT IT WOULD LIKE TO VISIT
Dawk ir-ritratti hallewni fommi berah!!!
I think everyone should be required to have chance to see theys, god is truly an artis.
the pictures are amazeing.. I have to say the people that got to experience it first hand will never forget it.
Well I'm the 850st to say it but there are still some amazing parts in our world. These pictures really "warm" my heart. Fantastic
beautiful and i reckon you dont need a fridge to keep the beer cold either how much saving would that be
awesome
Thank you for sharing! I ama teacher and was reading a story about Antartica -I pulled up this website and showed them these beautiful pictures! We may never get there but seeing them gave us some idea of the beauty. Thank you!!!
Wonderful and spectacular area of our world !!!
Its very very fantastic scene have been collected.
All these are still some amazing parts in our world.
Now any more & more approaches to this area shall spoil all these " BEAUTIFUL ".
Can't we just be nice and let well enough alone?
Hope all we should ensure to stop more visits to such places.
is this a religious magazine? what is up with all the maniac god references in a nature photography editorial?
The photo's lifted and inspired me. The anti-God comments really saddened me.
How grateful I am for this beautiful earth.
These pictures are really beautiful and very uplifting.
Man has nothing to do with this except may be the pollution he brings with him eveywhere he goes.
I pray that leave this alone with its beauty.
I do thank the God for all these great places in the world that help uplift our minds, and enjoy them for what they are and not what we can get out of them.
As an Old Antartica Explorer myself haven been stationed there twice 1970-1971 and 1973-1974 at Mcmurdo Station these pictures always amaze me of the ausome beauty of this continent
These are magnificent pictures of a place that I can only imagine and probably will never see in person. Thank you for sharing them. I'll bet those clams or scallops sitting beside the anemone on the ocean floor are delicious coming from such pristine water!
What pictures..out of this world...I am speechless..how extra ordinary..and I don't have a collor printer...thank you...Irmgard Gordos
Pessoas que se elevaram de um mundo do pouco e estão a procura e a proteger a natureza do tudo. Parabens por compartilharem esse sonho de ver tanta beleza conosco. Força, continuem...
i think i like to go to Antarctice but...............................................................only if i do not get a cold :) :(
These are great pictures of an amazing place. Why do so many so called "christians" feel the need to announce their judgements about those of us who enjoy places like this for what they are. Amazing and Unique. If you truly believe in god you'll let him do the judging. Its not up to you to judge. It says so right in your bible. If you judge, you are arrogant and your god will punish you for that. Or did you forget about that part of your biblical teachings? Don't be a religious hippocrate.
These pictures are absolutely breathtaking! And so real that they make you feel the cold. So different from my beautiful desert and mountains. This is all God's country!
These are pictures of a terrible & magnificent beauty not many people will ever see or experience. Canadians have the priviledge of enjoying scenes like this every winter - & then playing hockey in it. Minus 100 is only minus 73 Celcius. Temperatures in a Canadian winter frequently reach minus 60 Celcius & will usually prompt the quintessential Canadian comment, "Brrr, eh?" Come & enjoy winter in our beautiful Country & see for yourself!
Thank you for the beautiful pictures it is a privilege to view them
Incredibly nice... Thank you for sharing. Deniz Aryal
This reminds me of the time I spent down below, Winterover 69. We called McMurdo, McMuddhole in the summer months. The Pictures are truly fantastic.
How long do you have to live in that environment because you come back to the states. Is anyone stationed there a Ham Radio Operator? What are you studying there? I take my hat off to all of you. Your photo's are awesome. You are all very dedicated in what ever your research is. God bless you all
"THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING THE GLORY OF GOD; THEY ARE A MARVELOUS DISPLAY OF HIS CRAFTSMANSHIP"... PSALM 19:1 TLB
THESE PHOTOS ARE MAGNIFICENT, A TRIP WORTH TAKING... TO SEE IS TO KNOW THE TRUTH...
wow beauuuuuutifulllll!!!!!!!!!!
Thank God for modern control of cold , without whitch we probalily would "nt be so
awed it.Pictures are great, t he whole creation grandeous.
A friend sent me this link just before I went to Antarctica, I was prepared to be disappointed, I wasn't.
God is the artist we cannot know.
these pics are so random
People getting a chance to go here are very lucky. Never thought that there would a place in Antartica which is not covered by ice. Also the human settelements created are amazing.
BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thanks for sharing!
It's all wonderful - super!!!!! I very much wish I could live there just for a moment in my life. However, thanks God, that atleast nowadays technology brings this beauty, right into our poor home!
NICE PICTURES; VERY INTERESTING; WAY TOO MUCH FOR ME TO READ WITH MY EYES; A PLACE I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO GETS TOO COLD FOR ME. MY UNDERWARE ISN'T THICK ENOUGH;
Its really awsome..... !!! Cool.
the penguin photo was really cool
Living in Phoenix, AZ where the temperature is 120 degrees in the summer, viewing these pics was the next best thing turning on my air conditioning and having a cold beer!
These pictures are breath takingly beautiful.
They have have renewed my determination of someday visiting the antartica region
To # 863 - Canadian Girl,
I did visit Canada last winter and I did enjoy! Oh, and yes "Brrr, eh?" says it all.
The pictures are beautiful and I'd love to see the places for myself but Canada is closer and there are restaurants there!
WOW - The pics are wonderful. I am lucky enough to live in Canada and enjoy all the seasons. The Northern lights are so beautiful, they are really beyond description.
I also love the penguins. It is amazing how they carry the eggs on their feet and how the males learn to recognize their young by their calls, when they come back from feeding. Thank you.
wow lol how cute hahaha :]
Stunning photograpy, very much appreciated by yours sincerely!
I never in my life, seen so beautifull pictures
awsome~unbelivable.M.R.jennings's beard was frost little jokking.and quite interesting
breath taking but beautiful.
breath taking
Beyond words, photo excellence exhibited.
Why would god make a large part of the earth inhospitable to most life on the earth? Oh yeah, because there is no god.
speechless ...just awesome
These photos demonstrate the beauty of NATURE not GOD, or some other nonsense.
Believe in God all you want but DO NOT credit one being for the creation of all the beauty that is our world.
The ice arch in the photo 16 collapsed when I worked at Palmer Station in Summer of 2007-08 only a year and a half after that photo was taken. Melted collapsed and is now gone, daddy, gone!
Incredible photos, very educational and informative
These have to be viewed a few times to truly appreciate their worth
Thank you for this wonderful compilation
I HAVENT SEEN SUCH BEAUTY IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I FEEL WE ARE BLESSED WITH GOOD LUCK SO WE ARE ON THE SAME WHERE THIS BEAUTY IS EXIST.
VIJAY KUMAR
Incredible photos, very educational and informative.
Hi. The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
I am from Sudan and know bad English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "They have had the daily present nation since the tokens."
With love ;), Emilio.
i love this beautiful planet!
belive me its wow!!!!!!!!!
amit cohen from israel.
i have no words to describe this incredible beauty.god creations is WOW
Sure beats the heck out of the ones I took when I was there nine years ago, but then we were only tourists. Fantastic, the land and the penguins
I have missed death many times since the age of 1 and a half yrs 1,1/2; It started with a car door opening, I fell out the back tire rolled over the edge of my head; only a red mark on my fore head. Then fell out of a tree from high up, I had climbed young enough around 5yrs old; jumped off a roof top at 2&1/2 yrs; been in several car crashes with only scratches,once a tree kept me from going into a river with the water high; I could go on. Point is, There is a God and not only does these pics show it; SO DOES YOUR LIFE IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT IT; SO does and did mine. I witnessed with two other friends for 48 minutes a double rainbow in same length and exact colors, that faded away by 52 minutes; that appeared again four years later, after the death of my son Robert. I was 48 yrs old at first sighting, Dad What does 48 plus 4 equal? Why 52 or course. A dad in East Texas summer of 2003 June the 23, my son was 23 yrs at death. PS. The same friends that witnessed the first double rainbow also
witnessed the second double rainbow. And the kicker of this story. The second double rainbow appeared on the aniversary date of Roberts Death, June the 8th. And you say there is no God?
Superb! Sorry I did not get there -was passenger on MV EXPLORER which sank just 75 miles short on 23November 2007 .I pay thanks &tribute to all those whose courage,skill &devotion to duty got all 154 on board safely home.Perhaps a 2nd go!! .......
We have raped our rain-forests and robbed our oceans. perhaps we will be wise enough to keep Antarctica intact. Being a global traveller, I would love to visit this continent too but am willing to refrain if all industry, also tourism remain banned from it. We can rather enjoy the reports of others like:
http://www.globosapiens.net/jorgesanchez/slide-show-a-memorable-journey-to-the-antarctic-islands-947.html
To #861. Wow please tell me your kidding, you said "if you truly believe in god you'll let him do the judging", well i got news for you, He already judged, it says so right in your Bible. Besides, judgements are our own non-perfect understanding of Gods work. We cannot fully understand the beauty God put into His creation, if you think you can then you think that you can fully understand God, which is impossible because He is the absolute perfect, we are far from it. Gods creation is here for us to enjoy. How can you enjoy something without judging it? you can't.
kind regards, Anthony Kinnard KC, MO. have a good'n
I'm a third grade teacher and love showing my children these beautiful pictures! They are truly amazing! Thank you!
Enjoyed seeing Calkin Glacier... Parker was my advisor in the late 60's at SUNY at Buffalo! Nice tribute!
The whole planet could be as beautiful as this region, where you find (almost) no human beings.
Why putting our responsibility on the shoulders of a (by men invented) god ?
When I recognize that I’m human and that I must try out a more balanced way of life, better adapted to nature and all other living beings (men included), I hope that I am on the right way.
yes here is another part of earth. majestic in statue silent,and powerful to ever, truly, imagine. truly beyond any comparison
This cold breathtaking world, warms my heart...
Absolutely incredible photos of nature and it's working!
So tell me, why can't they be appreciated for what they are without all of the 'God/no God debate? Regardless of which side of that argument you're on, you only debase yourself, and your beliefs when you go on the attack, or, when you ask "how could anyone not believe...", which infers a lack of intelligence on the part of those with whom you disagree. Please, it would be greatly apreciated it you would keep your opinions to yourselves, and let the rest of us just enjoy the photos and discourse in the BLOG.
THE AURA IS THE MOST BUITIFUULLL THING I HAVE EVER SEEEN.
These pics put me in my place, make me feel very small and insignificant. Thanks, but I don't even want to visit, except maybe at Christmas.