The Way I See It...

My 2nd night in Antarctica - what a sight!  Sunset over the Royal Society Range across McMurdo Sound.  We won't have too many more nights like this as we start moving closer to the 24-hour sun.

Rare sight of nacreous clouds.  Nacrous clouds form above the troposphere, between 60,000-140,000 feet above the earth in the extreme polar latittudes.  While I took this picture in the afternoon, because of their altitude nacreuous clouds will reflect the sun's rays after sunset, continuing to glow well into the evening - often with a shimmering iridescent hue.

Dusk, looking northwest over McMurdo Sound.

The same sunset, looking back to the southwest.  There weren't a billion stars all around, but it is the desert - and it was a peaceful, easy feeling...

The Arrival Heights, on the northern edge of town.  The angular contrast between the fine snow and the black volcanic rock is so striking. 

Weddell seals on the sea ice.

I tried to capture the ice and the Royal Society Range reflecting in frosty windows of Scott's 1902 hut.  The picture didn't come out the way I had hoped but you get the idea, I'm sure!

McMurdo Station at the base of the Arrival Heights.

The view from the top of 6 feet of sea ice.

35 below zero.