METEORITE HUNTING IN ANTARCTICA (pg. 4)
Pictures from the 2000-2001 ANSMET expedition to Meteorite Hills, Antarctica
The people you will see in these images are Ben Bussey, Ralph Harvey, Larry Nittler, Sara Russell, Bill Oefelein, John Schutt, and Melissa Strait.
01-10-01: Larry standing by a huge pinnacle.
01-10-01: pinnacles and mountains.
01-10-01: A "Sun Dog," a ring around the Sun caused by ice crystals in cirrus clouds (sort of like a rainbow). I have played with the contrast on this image to emphasize the ring. The Sun itself is behind the tent.
01-10-01: We found a lot of meteorites in an hourglass-shaped basin that Sara pointed out looks like a tsunami about to wash over you. Here is a view from the bottom.
01-12-01: A very interesting "specimen"
01-12-01: It snowed a lot on January 11, covering all the blue ice fields with about an inch of snow. Meteorite Hills became a whole new world.
01-14-01: Group photo right before abandoning camp in Meteorite Hills. L-R: Pilot, John, Jeff, Melissa, Sara, Larry and Bill. Airplane is a "Twin Otter"
01-14-01: We came out of the field in two stages: first a Twin-Otter airplane transferred all of us and our stuff from Meteorite Hills to the Darwin glacier about a fifteen minute flight away. Sara and I came back to McMurdo on the last Twin Otter flight. The others and most of the gear were picked up by an LC-130 "Hercules" plane on January 15. This is a shot of the Darwin from the Twin Otter.
01-14-01: Larry at the Darwin camp.
01-14-01: View from the Twin Otter on the flight back to McMurdo.
01-14-01: View from the Twin Otter on the flight back to McMurdo.
01-14-01:View from the Twin Otter on the flight back to McMurdo.
01-14-01: View from the Twin Otter on the flight back to McMurdo.
1-14-01: McMurdo Station from the Twin Otter.
1-14-01: McMurdo Station from the Twin Otter.
01-14-01: An hour later.