Date: 5/04/2016 01:57:16
From: dv
ID: 869471
Subject: Onyx River on Google Street View

Go to
77.520 S 161.805 E
Switch to Street View and have a walk around.

This is the Onyx River, a seasonal stream in Antarctica. I find this landscape fascinating and beautiful.

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Date: 5/04/2016 02:54:59
From: kii
ID: 869472
Subject: re: Onyx River on Google Street View

Reminds me of some photos a friend took of an area around Tibet in the late 70s.

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Date: 5/04/2016 08:12:46
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 869492
Subject: re: Onyx River on Google Street View

I didn’t even know that Antarctica had any streets.

Can you do the same at other inaccessible places?

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Date: 5/04/2016 08:16:25
From: poikilotherm
ID: 869493
Subject: re: Onyx River on Google Street View

The Rev Dodgson said:


I didn’t even know that Antarctica had any streets.

Can you do the same at other inaccessible places?

Yes, Google sent out some hikers et al around the globe to get images of nature type stuff.

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Date: 5/04/2016 11:51:27
From: dv
ID: 869605
Subject: re: Onyx River on Google Street View

The Rev Dodgson said:


I didn’t even know that Antarctica had any streets.

I realise that your comment was humorous in intent, as the images I have directed to you here are of a valley, not a street.
Note, though, that there are what can reasonably be termed streets in McMurdo, a research “town” which houses some 1200 people in summer.

You can Streetview McMurdo at around 77.8453102 S 166.6692972 E

Can you do the same at other inaccessible places?

Yes. Well, some of them. Anywhere Google has sent its Streetview trikes, I suppose.

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Date: 5/04/2016 15:43:10
From: dv
ID: 869700
Subject: re: Onyx River on Google Street View

The Onyx River drains to Lake Vanda, former home of the Royal Lake Vanda Swim Club.

It is an endorheic hypersaline lake, possibly the saltiest lake on Earth. It is somewhat unusual in that there is a warm, salty layer on the bottom that is denser than the cooler fresher water on the top (the salinity overcoming, if you like, the temperature gradient). This prevents the water from mixing well. There is usually a thin layer of ice: in the summer, a non-iced moat forms near the edge of the lake.

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