In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

About 200 miles from Johannesburg, the Drakensberg region offers a breathtaking landscape of stark ridges and green valleys.

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Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.