The Dark Side Of The Pole

Yes, indeed, there is a dark side: According to the station manual, “the Dark Sector provides an area free from light pollution and electromagnetic noise for astronomy and astrophysics research”. Of course, this is only true in winter and refers to artificial light or em sources. Anyway, the picture, taken from the Icecube Lab, shows the new 10 Icetop stations, their sun shades glittering white in the sun, the 10m telescope, the Icecube drill camp and MaPo. The black box in the lower right corner is one of the “Icecube showers”: a toilet… 😉 More pictures can be found at the usual place….