![Click to enlarge](img/th_4668.jpg) | We employ some high-tech computer security measures in the lab. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4669.jpg) | Grant works on the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4670.jpg) | The closet left behind after the dismantling of the AST/RO hut. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4671.jpg) | The closet left behind after the dismantling of the AST/RO hut. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4672.jpg) | MAPO and the DASI mount. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4673.jpg) | The groundshield on the top of the DASI mount, inside is Keck. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4674.jpg) | Looking towards the Dark Sector Lab (DSL). At left is MAPO. The prominent cone is the Viper ground shield, used successively by Python, Viper, and BICEP. The rest of MAPO was built in 1995. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4675.jpg) | Another shot of the Viper ground shield. Note the platform in front of the door at right. There's a ladder at the end of it which plunges down into the snow. Like all the buildings in the Dark Sector, MAPO was also built on stilts, they're just buried now in the snow (after sixteen years of accumulation). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4676.jpg) | The mound of snow behind the Elevated Station continues to decrease. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4677.jpg) | Working under the Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4680.jpg) | The Dark Sector. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4682.jpg) | A beer can in the snow. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4683.jpg) | Destination Zulu, a side entrance to the Station. |
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(15087x2034, 5618.69 kb) The view from Destination Zulu. The bins on the right are trash sorting bins.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4692.jpg) | The view from the window in my Berth. Not much to see. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4696.jpg) | Two skiers on deck. This is sufficiently rare, that they made an announcement about it over the all-call. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4697.jpg) | Two skiers on deck. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4698.jpg) | One of the LC-130s taxis to the runway. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4699.jpg) | The Dark Sector from the second floor deck. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4700.jpg) | One of the LC-130s taxis to the runway. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4702.jpg) | One of the LC-130s taxis to the runway. |
![Click to play](img/th_4703.jpg) | Take-off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4704.jpg) | Take-off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4705.jpg) | Justus's scotch finally arrives. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4706.jpg) | SPTers (South Pole Telescope) in the Science lab. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4707.jpg) | Zak and Justus play foosball in the Game Room. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4709.jpg) | Me at the Geographic South Pole. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4711.jpg) | Me at the Geographic South Pole. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4715.jpg) | Steve at the Geographic South Pole |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4717.jpg) | Another picture of the winning snow sculpture. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4718.jpg) | And the mushrooms. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4720.jpg) | Self-portrait in the Ceremonial South Pole. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4725.jpg) | Steve at the Ceremonial South Pole. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4727.jpg) | Me at the Ceremonial South Pole. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4729.jpg) | Me at the Ceremonial South Pole. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4730.jpg) | More pictures of the South Pole orb. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4734.jpg) | More pictures of the South Pole orb. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4735.jpg) | More pictures of the South Pole orb. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4737.jpg) | Grant, Martin and Jaime inspect the K2 insert. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4738.jpg) | Zak takes a nap before the group picture. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4739.jpg) | DSL over the rim of the Viper ground shield. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4740.jpg) | DSL over the rim of the Viper ground shield. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4741.jpg) | Assembling for the group picture. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4742.jpg) | Chris inspects Justus's new chopper. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4743.jpg) | The pictogram on the side of the chopper box. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4745.jpg) | The telescope from the outside. As you can see, only one of three telescopes is installed. The large cylinder is the forebaffle. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4746.jpg) | Steve tries on the hat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4749.jpg) | As does Chin-Lin. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4750.jpg) | A camera porthole for the "DASI TV" feed. |
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(7036x2579, 3015.68 kb) Overlooking the Viper ground shield.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4755.jpg) | K2. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4756.jpg) | The K2 focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4757.jpg) | The K2 focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4758.jpg) | The K2 focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4759.jpg) | Laundry day! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4760.jpg) | The detergent stockpile. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4761.jpg) | Warning: don't mangle yourself in the mangle. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4762.jpg) | A golf ball on the Dark Sector road. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4763.jpg) | Steve and Ross dash to the pole after a sauna. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4764.jpg) | And Zak. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4766.jpg) | And me. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4767.jpg) | An otter on deck. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4768.jpg) | Zak "jiffy-pop"s the focal plane (that is, covers it in mylar). |