Below are some impressive images from Antarctica – one of the most extreme environments with unique landscapes.
Antarctica is known for its extremely harsh climate, recording a record low surface temperature of -89.2 degrees Celsius at Russia’s Vostok Station. It is also home to the strongest winds on the planet, with maximum wind speeds reaching 284.4 km/h.
Parallel bands of cumulus clouds cover the Amundsen Sea off the southwestern coast of Antarctica.
Antarctica is not a quiet place. It has moving glaciers, small icebergs breaking off from larger ice shelves, and some icebergs that appear to be perfectly cut into square shapes.
The Comandante Ferraz research station in Antarctica captured from above on March 10, 2014.
This scene, resembling a painter’s palette, is actually a sunset in Antarctica, with icebergs bathed in shades of orange and pink.
An aerial image capturing icebergs floating on the surface of the sea in Antarctica in 1997.
The scenery in Antarctica is not just white and blue. The Bunger Hills, depicted in this image, is a vast area of 1,000 square kilometers, referred to as an “oasis” in Antarctica.
The Casey research station of Australia in Antarctica. This research station was opened on February 19, 1969, replacing the Wilkes station, which was buried due to a snow avalanche.
Icebergs collapsing due to the effects of global warming.
Marambio Base is a research station of Argentina in Antarctica, regarded by visitors as “one of the most beautiful places on Earth.”
A satellite image from Landsat-8 shows 18 major volcanoes stretching 900 km along the Pacific coast of Antarctica. Mount Sidley is the highest volcano in Antarctica, rising 4,200 meters above sea level and 2,200 meters above the ice surface.
