A yearly tradition at the South Pole is the winter-over crew watching "The Thing" right after the last flight for the summer leaves. Here is a picture of the yearly showing in the gym #southpole #winter #Xenophobia #science
South Pole Telescope
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South Pole Telescope
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@sptelescope.bsky.social | A 10-meter diameter sub-mm wavelength telescope observing the cosmic microwave background from the South Pole, Antarctica.
- The loneliest Roomba; the Roomba cleaning the South Pole station hallways! His name is Bert. #southpole #vacuum #science #antarctica
- Yesterday, the Sun officially set at the #southpole! The Sun will literally be below the horizon until September, towards the end of winter. Here is a great pic by SPT winter overs Alex and Kyle capturing the #sunset ! #Antarctica @NSF @NSF_NSB
- It's only been about a week and a half since #sunrise and its already much brighter outside! Telescope is looking good, but the buildings have their usual post-winter frosting / icing on the outside. Picture by winterover Josh! #southpole #Antarctica
- The station penguin getting one last look at the South Pole out the galley window! Yesterday, the windows on station were covered to avoid any light pollution during winter, so no more looking out windows for another 6 months! #southpole #Antarctica #Penguins @shedd_aquarium
- An annual tradition, the Race Around the World takes place the day after Christmas, and involves a roughly 3-km race around the geographic #southpole (hence the name of the race). Really more of a fun run, this year also had the usual mix of costumes! #Antarctica
- Double sundog around SPT, captured by Amy Bender. Sundogs are the South Pole equivalent of rainbows, except they are caused by ice-crystals in the atmosphere refracting the sun and creating a circular ring the sun (which is shadowed by SPT here). #sundog #Antarctica #southpole
- Southern lights are lighting up at the #southpole! With it getting darker and us getting closer to the solar maximum, it should be a really good year for #aurora! Here are some pics from over the weekend by winter over Zeke! #Antarctica
- Panorama long-exposure pic of the #southpole station from winter-over Danny Hampton! The sun is about 5-weeks away from rising over the horizon, but you can still see its glow from the long exposure. With the #MILKYWAY prominent over the station! #Antarctica #astronomy
- Scenes from McMurdo #Antarctica, after the station went into "green" status, having no new people arrive on station for the past week meant #covid social distancing rules relaxed!
- Another stunning picture from winter-over Geoff Chen of the Dark Sector Laboratory (DSL) last week! DSL is the furthest away from station with regular occupancy (~1-km), hosting both the SPT and BICEP3 experiments. #southpole #Antarctica #astronomy
- An annual #southpole tradition: the "Race Around the World"! A 3-km race around the geographic South Pole on the day after #Christmas This year SPT's Matt Young finished 2nd, with CMB winter overs dominating the top 3 spots! Pics from SPT's Geoff Chen. #Antarctica
- Here are some close-ups of the new 2022 #southpole marker, machined by @BICEP_Keck winter-over @LepsThomas and co-designed by SPT winter over @aman_chokshi! #Antarctica
