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Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Home to Taylor Glacier, striking rock outcrops, and Blood Falls, this dry valley in Antarctica is one of the most remote and geologically exotic places on the planet.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published December 8, 2013
Data acquired November 19, 2013

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Photograph
Topics:
Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Glaciers
Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Igneous Rocks
Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Sedimentary Rocks