• more about #antarctica
    jenrobe: Ooh, I've spent the last week hunting down whale fall footage. I guess a seal will do in a pinch. more »
    FrankenPC: VERY trippy! Could that nemotode be a relative of this? [www.imdb.com] more »
    LittleDragon: Do not laugh when the herse goes by for you may be the next to die They wrap you up in a big black sheet And drop you down about six feet All goes wel... more »
    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: The starfishes WALK! more »
    Barnabus: I used to be scared of deep water because you don't know what's down there. Now I know, and I wish I didn't. Thanks, io9, I'll be picturing these worm... more »
    Hamslicer: My scalp feels suddenly, itchy. more »
    ManchuCandidate: I'm feeling suddenly peckish for sea food tonight. more »
    Gann: I bumped into an unseasonal aurora borealis while driving through Canada one summer. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Photos really c... more »
    vuffiraa: Gorgeous, but at least inform us when the photos are 6 months old or more... according to the NSF site, at least a few if not all of these were taken ... more »
    twophrasebark: Never mind... more »
    Anekanta - Go Play!: Yeah, but are there any freaky little aliens running around taking over people's bodies? more »
    BadUncle: Those are amazing photos. They look concept watercolors for a movie. more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Dammit, ROACH is going to have to step up the evil takeover plans to beat shoggoths and the Big C to world domination. more »
    Fate'sBitch: So after everyone rereads At the Mountains of Madness, it's time to pull out Map's of Ancient Sea Kings, because Charles Hapgood figured this out deca... more »
    Federico Sisco Gonzalez Iv: Uh oh.. Let us pray to be the first to be eaten before we go mad with suspense! [i111.photobucket.com] more »
    twophrasebark: "You know what that means." We're all going to die? more »
    Meirelle: I am extremely upset that "Elder Things" isn't a tag. D: Come on! What's wrong with you? There's no excuse for that! more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: If you think we're surprised imagine how all the mer-people who live in the valleys of these mountains feel when their sky breaking up. more »
    marlowespade: "valleys buried deep beneath aunt arctic ice" Just wait till Uncle Arctic hears about this! more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Antarctic Exploration Log, March 25, 2011: Today we have set up camp near the newly discovered ice mountains in East Antarctica. The dogs are jumpy, b... more »
  • #monstersamongus

    Deadly Worms and Ravenous Sea Stars Engage in a Monster Feeding Frenzy

    It's a once in a decade occurrence: a bounty of meat falls to Antarctica's ocean floor, prompting it voracious inhabitants to descend in a frenzy of flesh-skewering sea worms, pulsating sea stars, and giant underwater spiders. More »
  • #spaceporn

    Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky

    Photos of the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, have become a common enough sight, but a less frequently seen phenomenon is their Southern cousin, the Aurora Australis, which create a spectacular light show over the Antarctic desert. More »
  • #geophysicalporn

    Ancient Mountains Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice

    Today scientists announced they had discovered mountains and valleys buried deep beneath antarctic ice, which is now rapidly melting away (pictured). The land revealed has remained untouched for 14,000,000 years. You know what that means. More »
  • #subzeroexploration

    Researchers Probe the Mysteries of Antarctica’s Hidden Mountains

  • #dystopia

    Antarctica Is Shrinking Before Your Eyes

  • #megageochemistry

    Ice Eruptions

    They may look like space stations floating in vacuum, but these are actually delicate ice bubbles that formed in Ontario's Cranberry Lake. Michael Runtz took this picture of the segmented shapes created when pockets of air slowly bubble up from the bottom of the lake and get trapped in the freezing water as they move. Want to see what happens when giant ice structures are sculpted by wind? More »
  • #spaceporn

    Ultracold Polar Telescope Searches for Dark Energy

    Is an invisible, undetectable force tearing the universe apart? The South Pole Telescope is scanning the skies for signs of dark energy to help pinpoint the cause of cosmic expansion. The answers it provides could allow us to better explain the origin of the universe and its ultimate fate. More »
  • #globalwarming

    Let's Tow the Wilkins Ice Shelf to California

  • #robots

    A Robot's Vision of Antarctica's Undersea Kingdom

    This looks like a rocket entering a wormhole, but it's actually a robot camera designed to function on the ocean floor under the Anatarctic ice. The Submersible Capable of under Ice Navigation and Imaging (SCINI) can fit through a hole in the ice as small as 15 cm. Similar cameras could one day probe a buried ocean on Saturn's moon for unknown life forms. Click through to see the sea life under the polar ice. More »