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  • The longest continuously running experiment here at McMurdo is the Cosmic Ray Observatory, or Cos-Ray, which has been studying low-energy cosmic rays since 1960.  It detects secondary sub-atomic neutral particles, neutrons, produced when the original cosmic ray hits the Earth’s atmosphere. It’s one of a dozen sites around the world, part of the neutron monitoring network called Spaceship Earth.
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  • The Cosmic Ray detectors are located inside these unassuming insulated boxes
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  • Wall mural of cosmic rays, and the old teletype machine used for recording/transmitting data.<br />
One of the three Cos-Ray neutron monitor stations at McMurdo was taken down in the 2014-15 season, and reinstalled at the Korean base Jang Bogo in December, 2015.  The other two stations will be removed in the 2016-17 season and installed at Jang Bogo in the 2017-18 season.
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  • Cosmic mural?
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  • Cos-Ray building with Ross Ice shelf and Black Island in background
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  • The business end of the Cos-Ray detector can be seen inside the box.
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  • Cos-Ray
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  • The room where the Cos-Ray detectors are located. The NSF is in the middle of a multi-year process of moving the detectors to the Korean Jang Bogo Station.
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  • Cos-Ray "lounge"
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  • Cos-Ray
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  • Cos-Ray workbench with inspired rendering
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  • Cos-Ray
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  • Cos-Ray building, the recently installed AWARE experiment, and Observation Hill in background.
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  • Cos-Ray
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  • 1960's era Cos-Ray building located on the road between McMurdo and New Zealand's Scott Base.
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  • Analog hardware
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  • More artwork found on site, made during what must have been a very long winter.
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  • Inside the IceCube Laboratory at the South Pole.  There are over 5400 sensors in total looking for light stemming from high-energy particles created from cosmic ray or neutrino interactions.  Some of the cables, one for each light sensor, that feed data to a central computer are visible in this picture.  The IceCube observatory is remarkably robust, taking data with 99.9% uptime.  Occasionally, something does need maintenance or repair.  That means a trip of about 800 meters from the station to the IceCube Laboratory to track down the component that needs attention.
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  • Inside the IceCube Laboratory at the South Pole.  There are over 5400 sensors in total looking for light stemming from high-energy particles created from cosmic ray or neutrino interactions.  Some of the cables, one for each light sensor, that feed data to a central computer are visible in this picture.  The IceCube observatory is remarkably robust, taking data with 99.9% uptime.  Occasionally, something does need maintenance or repair.  That means a trip of about 800 meters from the station to the IceCube Laboratory to track down the component that needs attention.
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