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The Solar Telescope at the South Pole Solar Observatory looks at the sun in an effort to better understand and predict solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The picket fence surrounding this telescope minimizes the incoming wind. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica.

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Photo by Kate Miller (PolarTREC 2016), Courtesy of ARCUS
Photographer: Kate Miller
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Year: 
2016
Program: 
PolarTREC
Region: 
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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