Antarctic Wonder
Antarctica is fascinating, dangerous, strange, awe-inspiring, and ultimately unlike anywhere else on this planet – qualities that provoke both legendary and legendarily tragic conquests. These are some of the reasons Robert Swan developed his attachment to the continent at a young age, and also why he feels so strongly about ensuring its protection.
These photos, taken by Keith Vanderlinde of the National Science Foundation are of the Aurora Australis, or the Southern Lights.
Taken from the Amundsen-Scott station, the Aurora Australis is produced when solar winds carry charged particles – originating from the Sun – from the Earth’s upper atmosphere, where they collide and react with particles in Earth’s magnetosphere.
