If you thought it was too cold when you walked your dog in the morning or tried to start your car to go to work, you're lucky you don't live on the East Plateau of Antarctica. It is the coldest place on Earth, according to NASA, where temperatures can drop as low as minus 135.8 F or 57.6 degrees Celsius.
NASA's Earth satellites found that the world's coldest place is indeed on the East Antarctic Plateau, high on a mountain ridge, the Goddard Space Flight Center said in a Facebook post on Dec. 16. A satellite image shows a temperature of minus 135.8 F measured on the plateau.
"On a clear winter night, temperatures can drop to 135 degrees F below zero," the post said.
These temperatures are lower than some seen on Mars, which is much further from the Sun than Earth. Averages on the red planet gravitate around minus 81 F year-round, ranging between 70 degrees near the equator during the summer and minus 220 F at the poles during the winter months.