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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.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Taylor Valley, Antarctica.

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