This is the beginning of the Wright Valley, one of the many valleys located within the Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site. The Dry Valleys is one of the most striking, magnificent and remarkable places. With luck, future research endeavors will include sites, such as the Cotton Glacier, over in the Valleys. I hope from these pictures you can see why some refer to this place as ClubMed for geochemists. Sounds pretty dorky, but its absolutely true.