Sept. 10th – Day 252 on Ice – Allen's South Pole Winter-Over 2020 (+)

Weather: Cold, calm and clear. Temperature near -100F, winds less than 5 knts!

The station. Pinks and oranges are now prevalent on clear days. The eyes adjust much quicker, and this photo is actually darker than what the eye sees, but pulls out the sunrise colors nicely.

Today, I decided I couldn’t waste the low winds and went for a run out to the polarization calibration source (something like 3km from the station… they moved it closer last year, but it used to be 5km from station). It was -97F while I was out on my run, but the low winds made it bearable… at least for the 30 or so minutes I was running.

Galley scroll right after my run, showing the temperature, wind and physiological altitude.

Me, returning from my run. So long as it isn’t windy, you can stay pretty warm while running… The problem with wind is the face !

Now that the sun is high enough to provide ample light I can start taking pictures outside again… the only problem now is that it’s so cold that having your hands outside of gloves, even for 30s is painful.

Dark Sector panorama from the observation deck. You can really see the shadow of the Earth in this pano, and the beautiful Sun getting closer to rising on the horizon.

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Growing up I used “frosty foster” as a Monet as well, but not at S. Pole. Thanks Allen for the great pics, including yours! We love Ya. Grace and peace, G. Pa Foster

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