r/antarctica • u/lvanTheTerraBus • 1d ago

Scott Base and Observation Hill on Ross Island, 2025

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u/DrDirtPhD 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm always amazed at how misleadingly close Mt. Erebus looks in photos of McMurdo.

Edit: I'm an idiot.

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u/Twinkle-toes908 1d ago

Mt. Erebus is not in this shot.

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u/DrDirtPhD 1d ago

Wow, I'm an idiot. It says Scott Base, it looks like Scott Base, and my brain glitched out to McMurdo and "big looking mountain". Of course that looks close, it's Ob HIll.

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u/sdrdude 1d ago

My new computer background.

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u/raingull 1d ago

Need to be there right now!!!!! The most beautiful continent. Amazing photo.

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u/Jazzlike-Spirit-6280 1d ago

Be there next month, but at McMurdo

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u/Next-Pollution-8897 1d ago

Been there done that. Ruined by hipsters

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u/jyguy Traverse/Field Ops 22h ago

It's not bad if you can find a good group of people, a bunch of us are country folk

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u/MidniightToker 1d ago

Why are the buildings green? Is it a visibility thing because our eyes see more shades of green than any other color so like it's easily spotted? Or a mental health thing because of the absence of greenery/plant life? Or a different reason altogether?

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u/Northern_Gypsy 1d ago

It's New Zealand, we probably had a few buckets of green paint kicking around or someone knew a fella that could get some cheap.

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u/Nervous-Leading9415 1d ago

How’s the ice runway?