McMurdo Sunset

A very clear Saturday night I looked out my window and saw rainbows in the clouds. Unlike a normal rainbow which forms an arch due to the uniformity of the raindrops, these rainbows form ice crystals in the clouds that create patches of color amongst their fellow clouds.

I threw on Big Red and ran past the Uppercase Dorms to snap a few photos. The dorms lie just above the sea ice. Normally the dorms block most of the wind but as I passed the last building the wind chilled me to the bone. I was only able to shoot 5 or 6 photos before I noticed the LCD screen on my camera begin to freeze.