To make up for my lack of posts during the week here is another PSA (pleasant Sunday arvo) picture all the way from Antarctica. This is of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
The web site states that pictures are “taken every 15 minutes (if a relay satellite is available for transmission) from the roof of the National Science Foundation’s Atmospheric Research Observatory which houses NOAA/ESRL’s Clean Air Facility. In order to preserve the life of the camera, it is tilted down onto the snow when the sun is in the field of view, which occurs for several weeks around sunset (March) and sunrise (September) when the sun marches in a circle above the horizon. From mid-April until mid-August the moon and the aurora australis provide the only natural lighting.
The new station can be seen to the right in the photo; the old (circa 1973) domed station is to the left. The new station is elevated above the snow to prevent it being buried by the drifting snow (the present fate of the old domed station).”
You can find the live-cam site here
While seeing what was around on blogs from remote areas or a remote health perspective (of which I found one – if anyone knows of any please send them to me) I found a number of blogs from Antarctica. All from the American bases.
Here are their websites:
http://homelessheidi.blogspot.com/
http://www.adimpossible.blogspot.com/
http://www.90degreessouth.blogspot.com/
http://www.southpolestation.com/
http://ethansvivifyingadventures.blogspot.com/
http://www.poscheibe.blogspot.com/
http://www.queior.org/blog/
http://nomadplumber.com/pblog/index.php
http://amberontheroad.blogspot.com/
http://scott-antarctica.spaces.live.com/
http://carlaatpalmer.blogspot.com/
http://frozenbrody.blogspot.com/
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