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Credit & Copyright: Robert Schwarz
(U. Wisconsin)
Explanation:
Looking out from the
bottom of the world,
strange and spectacular
sights are sometimes observed.
Such was the case during the long
Antarctic
night of 1998, as awesome
aurora sub-storms were photographed above scientific outposts.
Visible in the left foreground of the
above photograph is the
Martin A. Pomerantz
Observatory while the now defunct
SPIREX telescope canvas dome is visible to its right.
The outside temperature at the time this photograph
was taken was about -73
Celcius (-100 Fahrenheit),
although a slightly heated box sheltered the camera.
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Publications with keywords: Antarctica - aurora
Publications with words: Antarctica - aurora
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