2010-11 Aerial Photos--January/February 2011

Once again, aerial photos were taken at the end of the season...this year over several days beginning on 31 January. The above photo of the main station complex was part of a series taken on 3 February. New rules...the photos could no longer be taken from the open front copilot window...the photographers had to shoot through the windows in the rear of the plane...and these tended to frost up (all photos on these pages by Robert Schwarz unless labeled otherwise).

Here's a closer-on view of the main station building.

The main station building from another angle, showing both the "real" and ceremonial Poles.

Here's a closeup from the previous photo, zooming in at the South Pole...

...and another zoomed-in look at the Ceremonial Pole.

Another look at the front of the station...this time an evening photo, as the shadows indicate the Sun is to the east (Rickey Gates).

And another morning shot, this day it was cloudy with lousy surface definition.

Looking at the east side of the station and the buried power plant, LO and heavy shop arches on that same dreary 2 February morning...

...the previous evening things were a bit brighter.

Late summer snowmobile parking near the, er, vertical tower. The
snowmobiles were later replaced with 2.0, that building is seen here
to the left of B1.