| We employ some high-tech computer security measures in the lab. |
| Grant works on the focal plane. |
| The closet left behind after the dismantling of the AST/RO hut. |
| The closet left behind after the dismantling of the AST/RO hut. |
| MAPO and the DASI mount. |
| The groundshield on the top of the DASI mount, inside is Keck. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| The mound of snow behind the Elevated Station continues to decrease. |
| Working under the Station. |
| The Dark Sector. |
| A beer can in the snow. |
| 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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| The view from the window in my Berth. Not much to see. |
| Two skiers on deck. This is sufficiently rare, that they made an announcement about it over the all-call. |
| Two skiers on deck. |
| One of the LC-130s taxis to the runway. |
| The Dark Sector from the second floor deck. |
| One of the LC-130s taxis to the runway. |
| One of the LC-130s taxis to the runway. |
| Take-off. |
| Take-off. |
| Justus's scotch finally arrives. |
| SPTers (South Pole Telescope) in the Science lab. |
| Zak and Justus play foosball in the Game Room. |
| Me at the Geographic South Pole. |
| Me at the Geographic South Pole. |
| Steve at the Geographic South Pole |
| Another picture of the winning snow sculpture. |
| And the mushrooms. |
| Self-portrait in the Ceremonial South Pole. |
| Steve at the Ceremonial South Pole. |
| Me at the Ceremonial South Pole. |
| Me at the Ceremonial South Pole. |
| More pictures of the South Pole orb. |
| More pictures of the South Pole orb. |
| More pictures of the South Pole orb. |
| Grant, Martin and Jaime inspect the K2 insert. |
| Zak takes a nap before the group picture. |
| DSL over the rim of the Viper ground shield. |
| DSL over the rim of the Viper ground shield. |
| Assembling for the group picture. |
| Chris inspects Justus's new chopper. |
| The pictogram on the side of the chopper box. |
| The telescope from the outside. As you can see, only one of three telescopes is installed. The large cylinder is the forebaffle. |
| Steve tries on the hat. |
| As does Chin-Lin. |
| 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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| K2. |
| The K2 focal plane. |
| The K2 focal plane. |
| The K2 focal plane. |
| Laundry day! |
| The detergent stockpile. |
| Warning: don't mangle yourself in the mangle. |
| A golf ball on the Dark Sector road. |
| Steve and Ross dash to the pole after a sauna. |
| And Zak. |
| And me. |
| An otter on deck. |
| Zak "jiffy-pop"s the focal plane (that is, covers it in mylar). |