Telescope in Setting Sun
July 12, 2010
The 10-meter South Pole Telescope with the faintest remaining glow of the sun that had set several weeks earlier. The telescope is located at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is one of three U.S. research stations on the Antarctic continent. All of the stations are operated by the National Science Foundation's U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP). Further information about USAP is available Here. To learn more about the South Pole Telescope, visit the facility's Web site. (Date of Image: April 2008)
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Technology Internet, United States Antarctic Program, Extreme points of Earth, Poles, Amundsen's South Pole expedition, Alcorta Rocks, South Pole Telescope, South Pole, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
