Today I got a tour of the Cosmic Rays Observatory. This is the lab run by Dr. Cordaro of the University of Chile. There are about only 30 worldwide and he runs all 3 in Chile. He is practically a celebrity around here. With him, is Eduardo who is his student assistant in Santiago.
In the observatory is our magnetometer (used for Air Force space weather research), which I will be replacing with a newer instrument. It is part of our chain of 8 magnetomters in Chile and 4 in Antarctica.
My roommate is Jorge who was the engineer on the base for 4 years. He took me over to the Russian base where I had drinks (vodka of course) with the Russian scientists and some German biologists.
Here are the penguins who chill at our base!
Here is the picture of the base from our observatory and the dream team. From left is me, Fernando (the base engineer), Dr. Enrique Cordaro, and Eduardo. In the background are all the bases. The top right 3 buildings are Russian, in the middle are the Chilean Air Force bases, and the bottom is INACH- the Chilean antarctica group, we're I'm staying.
In the observatory is our magnetometer (used for Air Force space weather research), which I will be replacing with a newer instrument. It is part of our chain of 8 magnetomters in Chile and 4 in Antarctica.
My roommate is Jorge who was the engineer on the base for 4 years. He took me over to the Russian base where I had drinks (vodka of course) with the Russian scientists and some German biologists.
Here are the penguins who chill at our base!
Here is the picture of the base from our observatory and the dream team. From left is me, Fernando (the base engineer), Dr. Enrique Cordaro, and Eduardo. In the background are all the bases. The top right 3 buildings are Russian, in the middle are the Chilean Air Force bases, and the bottom is INACH- the Chilean antarctica group, we're I'm staying.
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