Absolutely breath taking aurora we were graced with for three consecutive nights. The last night we caught a glimpse of purple. Amazing sight.

Walking the OhmMapper out onto the tundra. It was too cold that day to get onto the ice with the equipment. The wind also created white out conditions on the ice deeming it unsafe to be out there. Tested Ohmy’s capabilities instead on the tundra.

Photo by Logan Fisher, another participating student researcher. This is what happens when you decide to wear mascara out in -30F temperatures and your eyelashes keep frosting and thawing!

Astrophysicists from around the world hanging out in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore after just arriving to the Fermi Symposium.

LG group photo at Clemson University Reflection Pond

Students drill into the ice in order to verify the accuracy of the indirect mapping of the subsurface of the ice using the OhmMapper and the GPR. Ross Robertson holding the drill bit, Nick Schrecongost in the blue parka observing, Abdullah Zulfiqar drilling, and Dr. Rhett Herman in the back, preparing to oversee the procedure.

Next to me to my right is the homemade microclimate sensor sled that Dr. Herman and I began building this summer first for the Arctic microclimate on the tundra. Dr. Herman with the help of some of my peers and I tweaked it for the ice. It’s how we tested for a difference in temperature from the surface of the ice to about 1.5 meters off. It also tracks surface and ambient temperature. Photo by Logan Fisher.

The “LG” (Local Group!) Astronomy Seminar group at Clemson University.

The OhmMapper. Nick Schrecongost holds the brain, where the data is recorded and marked. Dr. Herman is behind setting up the weight that keeps the receivers and transmitters on the ground in order to continually receive data. Abdullah Sulfiqar prepares the receivers as Hans Voll helps. I am kneeling to the right making sure the receivers are blinking in a sequence to ensure data is being taken.

Beautiful view as seen from the ice. We were about a quarter mile or so offshore here.

Me giving a talk about the microclimate sensor sled preliminary results at the local library.