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The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of valleys west of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, so named because of their extremely low humidity and lack of snow and ice cover. Photosynthetic bacteria have been found living in the relatively moist interior of rocks. Scientists consider the Dry Valleys to be the closest of any terrestrial environment to Mars. Image credit: NASA / GSFC / METI / ERSDAC / JAROS / ASTER Science Team.

Scientists Find Evidence for Salty Groundwater beneath McMurdo Dry Valleys

Apr 28, 2015 by News Staff

A team of researchers co-led by Dr Slawek Tulaczyk of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Dr Jill Mikucki of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,...