 | Setting up the cold source in the LDB highbay during the morning rain. |
 | Enzo and Nick set up the cold source in the LDB highbay while BLAST stares at it from across the parking lot. |
 | BLAST looking out of the staging building. |
 | BLAST looking out of the staging building. |
 | BLAST looking out of the staging building. |
 | Measuring the distance to the source... not quite an exact science. |
 | BLAST still looking out the door after dark. |
 | Marie shines a light on the cryostat window. |
 | A nebulosity of astrophysicists watch the progress of the beam maps. |
 | Barth, Enzo, Mark and Mark try to figure out the beam shape. |
 | The LDB highbay at 6 am. |
 | Marie's note to the LDB crew. |
 | Frost on the cold source liquid nitrogen dewar. |
 | Frost and condensation on the cold source liquid nitrogen dewar. |
 | Frost and condensation on the cold source liquid nitrogen dewar. |
 | SBI saran wrapped and ready to be shipped down to the ice. |
 | Nick and Matt calibrate the sun sensor. |
 | Gaelen and Chris remount the secondary mirror. |
 | Here's a large, knurled, anodised aluminum thing... if only everything was like this. |
 | I made a sandwich for dinner. People were impressed by it and took pictures. |
 | Ditto. |
 | Double ditto. |
 | The telescope. |
 | Mark proposes a new experiment: what happens to our beam when we wedges the helium dewar thumper storage tube under the secondary? |
 | Discussing beam shapes and mirror tilts. |