Our pen pal at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, John Miller, sent us these two spectacular photographs he took recently near the Pegasus airfield near McMurdo. The top photo shows the strange orange sky in Antarctica. John pointed out that he had never seen a sky so orange anywhere else on Earth.
The next photo is of Mount Erebus, a volcanic mountain near McMurdo Station. We can see the lights of McMurdo in the foreground. McMurdo is a small "town" -- really a collection of USAP huts and buildings -- on Ross Island on the Ross Ice Shelf. The station houses the scientists and support staff who live in Antarctica. McMurdo is also the chief source of supply for the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, about 800 miles inland. John was at South Pole last year, and you can read about that experience elsewhere on this blog.
-- Adrian
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