In memory of Ronald Reagan, the American flag is flown at half mast atop the geodesic dome, backlit by Aurora Australis
In
memory of Ronald Reagan, the
American flag is flown at half mast atop the
geodesic dome, backlit by Aurora Australis
June at the Pole - midwinter
solstice
June is
the month that the South Pole celebrates the Winter solstice, June
21st, when the sun is the farthest below the horizon, 23.45 degrees.
After this day the sun will slowly approach the horizon until sunrise
on the Spring Equinox, September 22, 2004 at 2223 UTC (universal time,
Greenwich Mean Time). On this day all of the Antarctic Stations
celebrate with a nice meal and by trading midwinter greetings via
satellite. Dozens of stations of various nationalities sent us
greetings South
Pole midwinter greeting midwinter
dinner Japan's
Syowa Station Greetings Argentina's
Base San Martin Greetings
Once
again, the auroras were fantastic this
month. SETI telescope aurora
and southern cross constellation red aurora
dome and flag half
mast skylab and large aurora
new station, moon
and aurora 1 new station, moon
and aurora 2 new station, moon
and aurora 3
Speaking of the new station, which is inhabited but under construction...... the new greenhouse is nearing operation. greenhouse "sun" greenhouse interior
We (the winter band) performed again this
month for the Midwinter Party. Our name this time was the "Kevin Van
Hendrix Band"
since our lead guitarist, Kevin, discovered a sound effects generator
for his guitar and now was able to sound like Jimi Hendrix. Once
again, a scaffold was set up for my drum set
to raise me up a couple of feet. We added about 6 more songs for
this gig bringing our song list up to about 23. We played for about two
hours and there were many people dancing. The highlight for me was when
I performed a drum solo during the song "Low Rider" (by
War). the
band bass
lead guitar drums
drum
solo
Red glow at
the VLF beacon building
NEXT MONTH: the
coldest days to come.....
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