August 20th – Day 231 on Ice

Weather: It was very cold and clear the past few days. Temperatures down near or below -90F and winds generally around 10knts, which makes for a cool -140F windchill.

A little timelapse of the Milky Way over the station… if you pay attention you’ll see why astronomers hate satellites! Even here at the South Pole, you can see lots and lots of satellites at any given time!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17AgbV4fVb-y3ZJx7HFLqyoz8Bk8-dvg8/view?usp=sharing

Team SPT winterover 2020! This photo was taken with a 20s exposure and Geoff flashed a white light quickly during it to brighten us up a bit. (I’m on the left.) Photo credit Geoff Chen

A panorama showing Milky Way and auroras over SPT and the station. You can see the Sun’s light on the horizon starting to show! Photo cred: Geoff Chen

Aaaaand here’s a photo from my own phone, looking at the horizon near the Sun from the dock of SPT.

SUN LIIIIIIGGGHHTT

One thought on “August 20th – Day 231 on Ice

  1. I’m assuming the things you see moving all over the place are the satellites. Are there some satellites up there that are not used anymore? So they are just floating around getting in the way of your pictures.

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