Polar Night
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Polar Night
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#2This blog is so fun. I love this author's eye for all of the fun details and what it's like to be a nerd working in an extremely unique place.
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#3This blog is so fun. I love this author's eye for all of the fun details and what it's like to be a nerd working in an extremely unique place.
Also in this blog post:
* Space Laser
* 'Only 40 days' of complete darkness.
* Zombies
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#4Related (and linked from the bottom of the page) is a good description of what “sunset” looks like from the station and from the South Pole itself.
> After the sun reaches its peak, it begins to set. It’s still rotating in perfect circles around the sky; they’re just getting lower and lower each day.
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#5What is the space laser / LIDAR for?
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#6What is the space laser / LIDAR for?
Not this project but possibly a similar type of thing: http://cires1.colorado.edu/science/groups/chu/projects/mcmur...
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#7I just love this guy's posts.
I am glad to get such a great view of things, without going there, myself.
It's like photos of Svalbard. Cool to look at, but I really don't think I'm up for the jaunt in person.
As we get older, "bragging rights" tend to decline in importance (although "bucket list" is probably something that gains importance, and it can smell the same -the difference is that "bragging rights" face outwards).
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#10I remember many distinct moments walking under moonlight when I was a kid. At the family ranch, when visiting relatives in a very remote place, walking on the beach.
Sadly I think this is an experience very few people in this era will ever get to experience.