Week 22 at the Pole

By Jean DeMerit — Monday, June 10, 2013 - 5:30pm
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 5:30pm

30-second exposure taken through a ceiling dome, a green sky with patterns of white lines.
B. Kuo Tiong, Icecube/NSF

A green sky flecked with swirling patterns of white lines. That’s what you get from sixty 30-second exposures taken through a ceiling dome at the South Pole station and made into a composite image. The IceCube winterovers have been capturing some amazing photos at the South Pole. But sometimes there is some extra work involved. You can see their efforts at special camera rigging in the ceiling for getting an all-sky timelapse video. But no special requirements were needed for this week’s outside images, below, not even lighting—the moon was out in full force.

Effort from winterovers trying to get the good angles for photos
F. Pedreros, Icecube/NSF

It takes dedication
F. Pedreros, Icecube/NSF

The moon was out in full force lighting up the sky
F. Pedreros, Icecube/NSF

The moon lighting up the sky
F. Pedreros, Icecube/NSF

 

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