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A small town.
Date Taken:
January 6, 2020
Photograph By:
Elaine Hood, NSF
License Type:
Public Domain

McMurdo Station is the largest research facility in Antarctica. The numbered structures are: 1) helicopter landing pad; 2) Crary Science and Engineering Center; 3) Dormitories; 4) the under-construction Information Technology and Communications addition to the existing Science Support Center; 5) one of several fuel storage tanks.


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