Week 15 at the Pole
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 8:45am
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 8:45am
It’s not the first aurora of the season, but it is the first one to be captured on camera by IceCube winterover Kathrin—a pretty, swirling aurora along the horizon, with a bright moon illuminating the icy surface from above. The winterovers had a busy week, with plenty of power outage troubleshooting (no disrupted data-taking, yay!), followed by Easter celebrations that featured—what else—decorated eggs.