Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists » Milky Way http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 South Pole Nights http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/south-pole-nights/ http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/south-pole-nights/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 18:04:34 +0000 Nick Morgan http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=2316 SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA– Here are some photos of the night skies at the South Pole.


South Pole Telescope (SPT) with a half moon

Early auroras over the Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO)

Full moon rising over the Clean Air Sector

Dusk at ARO

The drift creeping up to the station

Managing my way around the snow drifts at ARO’s entrance

Starry skies with the LIDAR in view at ARO (similar to a radar but it’s a laser)

A view of the station from ARO

ARO and the meteorological tower with vivid aurora
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