2005-06 Aerial Photos--January

These were taken from a Twin Otter, some by Al Baker (AB), Forest Banks (FB), and Ethan Dicks (ED) on 27 January...this excellent view (AB) shows the new main entrance stairwell, the gunmetal gray siding on the front of A pod, and the biomed arch exposed for jacking.
A view looking straight on at the old arches...the biomed arch is being jacked, and behind it is the fuel arch with tanks visible as the bulkhead is being rebuilt (AB).	Looking the other way at the newly sided A Pod of the elevated station, and the biomed arch raising operation (ED)
Here is a view from directly over the biomed arch which has jusb teen jacked up (FB).	Further around the dome looking northwest, in the center is the newly assembled cryo barn on its elevated berm
Backing off...here is a distant view of the entire station complex looking northeast (AD)	Nearly dead on to the runway, with foreshortening from a long lens...and apparently a bit of contrail or shadow crossing the picture.
Back on the other side, looking north.	An even more distant view looking north up the skiway (ED). Ethan's original photos are in the USAP Antarctic photo library.
Let's zoom in on the dark sector...the cloud of vapor is from the IceCube drilling operation.	From the west, zeroing in on DSL with the newly operational BICEP shield on the roof, and the completed 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT) foundation supporting the new SPT control room and connecting link construction.
A closer look at the new SPT facility.	Another view of the SPT addition from a slightly different angle. As usual I've adjusted the lighting and sharpness of some of these photos to try and bring out more detail. I must thank Neal Scheibe, Denis Barkats, Patrick McClure and Ethan Dicks for sharing these, along with the Antarctic Photo Library.