Kate and I decided to take a break from taking rock samples and decided to set up a meteorological station, similar to the ones we set up before at Conrow Glacier, except this one only has one anemometer making it only 2 meters, much shorter than our other one. While we were moving rocks around to stabilize the equipment I came across some lichen- our first wildlife sighting since leaving McMurdo! It is very startling to see something colorful out here. Everything that we see on the ground varies from tan to brown to a reddish color. This little guy is very impressive, living up here at ~1400 m elevation in cold temperatures between 15° and 20° F.
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| Green lichen I found on a rock, with my finger for scale. |
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