Wednesday, March 23, 2011

TRIVIA BITS … MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS

 

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a series of bare, rocky valleys close to the Antarctic coast. The extreme temperatures and lack of moisture are thought to be close to the conditions on Mars and for this reason the valleys have been used fro training astronauts and getting a feel for what travel the red planet might be like.

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