An incredible photo of a colonial base in an alien world called Earth

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This otherworldly photo is so amazingly weird and exotic that you may think it comes from a secret colonial base in the Jovian moon of Europa. In reality, it's the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica as photographed by Antony Dubber, the chef of the British Antarctic Survey.

The outstanding photo is part Ice Lab, an exhibition on sustainable architecture in Antarctica now at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, United Kingdom. Here's a video on this fantastic exhibit:


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