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Dry Valleys of Antarctica have extremely low temperatures, low humidity, salt accumulation, and a lack of snow cover.

Research conducted with airborne instruments shows the presence of salty, unfrozen groundwater in the bitterly cold rocks below the Antarctic surface. A new study detailing the findings suggests deep conduits for brine could exist throughout the Wright Valley in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys, potentially connecting two of Earth’s saltiest bodies of water.

McMurdo Valleys Mars on Earth McMurdo Valleys Mars on Earth 10 de febrero de 2021, 0:23Havana._ Searching for other worlds may work as an alternative at least that is what the McMurdo Dry Valleys suggest, in the land of Victoria, Antarctica, considered the most Mars like place on Earth. The Dry Valleys –so named because its humidity level is extremely low and there is no snow, nor an ice cover – cover about 4 800 square kilometers, which represents 0.03 percent of the surface of that porti...