Observation Hill Photos!
Last night Pietro, Matt and I climbed Observation Hill behind McMurdo for a little post-dinner excersise. The weather turned out to be fantastic, warm and clear, so I got some great photos. Unfortunately, the softer snow was not as good for sliding back down on, which is 1/2 the point of the hike in my opinion. We took bets on its height, I won with my guess of 750ft (its right around that, or 800), fortunately for the rest of SBI I prefer the cheap $2 CD beer, so they don't owe me much ; )
The sun never sets here, but it did reflect off the distant Trans-Antarctic mountain range to create some shades of color, the closest I have seen to a sunset or sunrise in a few weeks. The photos of this turned out rather well (also thanks to a little tweaking in Picassa), and are probably my favorite shots from teh trip thus far. Also, I don't mean to be scowling in the last shot, it was just surprisingly bright out, even though it was 8:30 at night. Antarctia would me an insomniac's dream.
More pretty pictures:
The sun never sets here, but it did reflect off the distant Trans-Antarctic mountain range to create some shades of color, the closest I have seen to a sunset or sunrise in a few weeks. The photos of this turned out rather well (also thanks to a little tweaking in Picassa), and are probably my favorite shots from teh trip thus far. Also, I don't mean to be scowling in the last shot, it was just surprisingly bright out, even though it was 8:30 at night. Antarctia would me an insomniac's dream.
More pretty pictures:
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