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| The S-Band and X-Band boresite antennas for testing of the 10 meter dish (the golf ball in the distance to the left) |
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| The boresite antennas. |
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| The dome for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Antenna. An environmental satellite system. |
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| The antenna inside. |
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| Wind turbines for the 1 megawatt wind farm that supplies 20% of McMurdo's and Scott's Kiwi Stations power saving 125,000 gallons of diesel per year. |
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| Part of the High Frequency (HF) communications transmission field. |
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| Three golf balls. |
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| Snow blowing down below. |
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| White-out conditions. |
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| Scott Station - Kiwi camp. |
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| Snowing again. |
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| Crary Science Center. Lots of cool stuff inside. |
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| Observation Hill. The most climbed hill in Antarctica. |
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| Ship still offloading. |
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| The Army made the causeway and the Navy is offloading. |
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| The Coffee House - one of three bars. An old Navy Quonset hut. My work station is directly behind it. |
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| After hours entertainment - Married with Children episode. |
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| The sun set for the first time this morning. This was taken at 10 p.m. |
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| Cool clouds. |
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| Everything is so bright around here. |
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| The season's first sunset at 1:15 a.m.. |
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| Sunrise followed a little later at 3 a.m. Sun is too far to the left for viewing. This was taken from my room and it was blowing 30 knots outside so I wisely stayed in. Fascinating world! |
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