April 10, 2007

The Dry Valleys of Antarctica Amazing pictures of some places you didn't know existed.* The terrain looks like something not of this Earth; the valley floor occasionally contains a perennially frozen lake with ice several meters thick. Under the ice, in the extremely salty water live mysterious simple organisms, a subject of on-going research. Indulge in a little armchair touring and see fantastic minimalistic landscapes of rock and ice! *Offer does not apply if you knew this place existed
posted by petebest 17 years ago
  • Wow, these are AMAZING PHOTOS. I first saw images of these places in Eliot Porter's Antartica (a must-read for anybody into the Antarctic) but these are way better. The whole site looks tasty, in fact! *settles in for extended browse session*
  • Hot bananas! Glorious images... thanks for the post!! Indeed, this site looks like a keeper.
  • These are fantastic, fantastical, and funtastic photos, Petebest. This whole site is fantastalicious, and I do believe you should win the Post of the Month award! (did I mention I like the post?)
  • Wow. That's my new favorite blog. And now for the Mad Libs version of this FPP: The ________(noun #1) looks like something not of this Earth; the ________(noun #1) floor occasionally contains a perennially frozen __________(noun #2) with ice several __________(plural distance) thick. Under the ice, in the extremely __________(adjective) water live mysterious simple __________(noun #3, plural), a subject of on-going research.
  • Absolutely stunning photos - makes even this winter-weary monkey want to visit. And great site indeed, petebest! Thanks for that, and thus for a new-to-me Mr. Bean clip.
  • I especially like the Easter Island guy.
  • that blog rules
  • Cover-ups fascinate me. I love how the blogger tries to pretend that the third picture is a rock formation caused by strong winds when it is so obviously the skull of a time-travelling futuristic alien dinosaur.
  • Fantastic site. Thanks for sharing!
  • Glad you liked it! I think we've discovered the potential location of Monkeypalooza 2010. Somebody get to work figuring out the toilets. And fishy, wouldn't that clip make some awesome animated gifs?
  • Great link - thank!
  • Gee, thanks, petebest! You have effectively killed Monkeyfilter for me. This site has sucked me in. Fantastic. Dark roasted blend, indeed! And today they're on to Cthulhu. So long, farewell!
  • Hoisted by our own petard, eh?
  • This is far less frustrating than their earlier work Dry Humps of the North Pole Sulking cos they've blocked Blogspot again