Monday, February 04, 2008
Arrival Heights
Bamma, my roommate, told me early in the season that her friend Brian Nelson (aka B. Nelson) was going to be my coworker as he was the new Research Associate for Crary Lab. Brian arrived in late October, and he's been hanging out in our lounge ever since! ;) He needs to drive up to Arrival Heights every day to check some of the computers and experiments being conducted there. So one Sunday in November he offered to take Andrew and I up with him with the added offer of a hike up to Second Crater. Arrival Heights is a specially protected area, and all visits must be documented and supervised by Brian. He did his work, and then we went out for a quick hike up the First Crater and then over to Second Crater (creative names, eh?). I think it was Second Crater that had what we called Crater Lake. Really it was just a bunch of ice that looked like it covered water but in the shallows there was just ice a few inches above rock. No water whatsoever. It was a great afternoon.
Looking at the ice over the rocks
Andrew and Brian "skating" on Crater Lake
More ice over the rocks
All the sparkles on a sunny day!
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