The world's loneliest landscape comes to life in these time-lapse videos by Keith Heyward and Jennifer Berglund of Prehensile Productions:
Video guide, in order of appearance:
1. Friedmann Lake: As rocks heat up in the sunshine, they sometimes reach temperatures above freezing, causing small trickles of snow to melt. Over hundreds, if not thousands, of years, it gathers in small pools where it remains frozen solid. As the sun retreats behind the mountains during the summertime, the ice on the lake expands, causing popping and cracking sounds that resemble a shotgun being fired.
2. Friedmann Valley: A view from the beginning of the valley facing north toward Beacon Valley.
3. Glacial Till: A close-up view of the glacial till covering a buried glacier in Friedmann Valley.
4. Central Beacon Sublimation (2 clips of same thing): In this south-facing view of Central Beacon, snow falls and sublimates atop a large dolerite ...
