![Click to enlarge](img/th_6056.jpg) | Mark puts a cold source infront of the telescope to see if the cryostat is aligned. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6057.jpg) | What's everyone looking at? There's a laser mounted in the centre of the secondary which is shining a dot on the back wall above and behind me. We're checking to see if the elevation axis is aligned by scanning up and down and seeing if the dot moves only up and down as a result, or also side-to-side. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6058.jpg) | The red dot on the wall. (It's about two thirds of the way down, on the right edge of the I-beam.) |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6059.jpg) | BLAST's primary picks up my camera flash. On the wall behind you can see light from the flash which bounced off the secondary. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6060.jpg) | Without the flash, I can see myself in the mirror. (The blurry spot lower left.) |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6061.jpg) | Enzo and Barth find a piece of the BOOMERanG '98 scaffolding. They're starting to dismantle the pig barn; this was presumably found when they dug it out. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6062.jpg) | Another shot of the same. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6063.jpg) | Getting ready for the 50 meter test. The X-Y stage with chopper and cold source is out on top of the yellow shipping container. The row of red flags demark the cables running over the snow out to the X-Y stage. The flags are there so no-one drives over them. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6064.jpg) | BLAST on the porch for the scan. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6065.jpg) | BLAST on the porch for the scan. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6066.jpg) | Setting up for the test. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6067.jpg) | Matt and Marie set up the X-Y Stage. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6068.jpg) | The Boss goes for a drive. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6069.jpg) | Devlin and Matt on top of the container trying to get everything into position. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6070.jpg) | Devlin and Matt on top of the container trying to get everything into position. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6071.jpg) | Testing alignment. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6072.jpg) | Looking out towards the container. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6073.jpg) | BLAST on the porch. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6074.jpg) | Anita's rig. They've erected a Scott Tent (the yellow pyramid), which were developed for Scott's expeditions are still the standard today. They're the only tent designed for the Antarctic climate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6075.jpg) | BLAST on the porch. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6076.jpg) | Clearing the snow off BLAST and bringing it back inside. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6077.jpg) | Clearing the snow off BLAST and bringing it back inside. |
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(9340x1160, 5038.18 kb) The view towards Mount Discovery as we boarded Ivan when we headed back early
due to weather. In addition to the ominous looking clouds, there are also a
number of large snow vorticies in the distance.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_6086.jpg) | A cross out behind the Chapel. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6087.jpg) | The same, after I cleared the snow off of it. |
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(10456x1400, 6994.17 kb) The view southeast from station, looking over the ice runway. Despite the view,
weather at McMurdo was pleasant.
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![Click to play](img/th_6102.jpg) | A helicopter comes in for a landing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6103.jpg) | The helicopter down on the ground. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6104.jpg) | Looking back towards Fortress Rocks. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6106.jpg) | Hut Point. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6107.jpg) | Arrival Heights. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6108.jpg) | A Fines hopper in town. It took me a while to figure out what "fines" were. It's finely ground gravel, for use to provide traction in slippery areas. I still don't know why all the I's are dotted with hearts. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6109.jpg) | Looking up at Fortress Rocks and the T-Site. The "T" stands for "transmitters". |
![Click to play](img/th_6110.jpg) | Snow on the Fortress Rocks on the ride out to LDB. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6111.jpg) | "Steep Grade: Shift Down." The sign above Scott Base, at the start of the downhill section of the road enroute to the transition. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6112.jpg) | Crater Hill. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6113.jpg) | Looking down at the pressure ridges. |
![Click to play](img/th_6114.jpg) | Heading down the hill. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6115.jpg) | Scott Base under a break in the clouds. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6116.jpg) | Scott Base containers. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6117.jpg) | Pressure Ridges. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6119.jpg) | Down below Scott Base at the edge of the transition. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6120.jpg) | The shore of Ross Island. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6121.jpg) | The shore of Ross Island. |
![Click toplay](img/th_6122.jpg) | Cliffs along the shore of Ross Island from the ice offshore. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_6124.jpg) | The shore of Ross Island. |