Charles A. Schutte, Vladimir A. Samarkin, Brian Peters, Michael T. Madigan, Marshall Bowles, Rachael Morgan-Kiss, Karen Casciotti, Samantha Joye Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 65, No. 3 (March 2020) ...

The optical and biological properties of ice-covered Lakes Vanda and Bonney, Antarctica, were observed during two austral summers. The Lakes are among the clearest known, with extinction coefficients ...

Antarctica's Don Juan Pond is the saltiest body of water on the planet. NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the U.S. Geological ...

The flooded station site in 2023 was a shallow submerged reef surrounded by an open water moat. The station was located on the upper left of the reef. (Antarctica New Zealand; A.D.A.M.) / Supplied The ...

In the eerie bluish-purple depths of an Antarctic lake, scientists have discovered otherworldly mounds that tell tales of the planet’s early days. Bacteria slowly built the mounds, known as ...

The world's saltiest body of water is tucked away in a valley in one of the most extreme environments on Earth. It rarely snows and never rains in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Winter temperatures can drop ...

Nestled in the Wright Valley in Antarctica is a pond of ankle-deep water, still liquid despite the freezing temperatures. Don Juan Pond is thought to be the saltiest body of water in the world, many ...

The world's saltiest body of water, hidden away in a dry Antarctic valley, had its portrait taken earlier this year by a NASA satellite. The image of the Don Juan Pond, a very shallow lake located in ...