South Pole Telescope: Multimedia

	Home, For the Public
	Big Science
	Telescope
	Multimedia
	South Pole
	People
	SPT Twitter
	Publications
	Jobs
	SPT Home

Archived SPT Exploratorium Webcasts

Nov 25, 2006 12:00 CST

Dec 2, 2006 12:00 CST

Dec 9, 2006 12:00 CST

Dec 29, 2006 12:00 CST

Jan 13, 2007 12:00 CST

Mar 30, 2007 12:00 CST

Dec 7, 2007 12:00 CST

Dec 21, 2007 8:00 CST

Related Links

The Exploratorium

NSF Special Report: U.S. South Pole Station

South Pole Webcam

Center for Astrophysical Research in Antartica

MULTIMEDIA

Welcome to the Multimedia page! Here we will be posting movies and photos documenting the building of the South Pole Telescope. More pictures can be found on our blog. Also check out the Exploratorium links on the left of this page for saved copies of SPT webcasts from pole.

	INTRODUCTION
	PREPARING TO DEPLOY
	AT THE POLE

INTRODUCTION

As an introduction, Professor Stephan Meyer explains what the South Pole Telescope is, how it is being made, how it works and what science it will explore.

(8:20, 38.7 mb)

PREPARING TO DEPLOY

Here you will find a collection of photos and short movie clips documenting some of the work done during Summer-Fall 2006 in preparation for deployment of the SPT.

(Note on Slides: Right Click for option to go full screen. In fullscreen mode use mouse clicks on slides or thumbnails to advance. In regular mode use arrow keys or mouse clicks on thumbnails to advance.)

Narrated Slideshow of Texas Build Tom Crawford gives us his insights into the Texas Test Build. (14 min) Hi Res ( 54.8 mb) Low Res (22.3 mb)	Texas Build Photo Gallery: Created by Joaquin Vieira These photos give a brief summary of the summer that our group spent test building the SPT in Kilgore, Texas.
Texas Build Panorama (20s, 1.6 mb)	Chicago Cryostat Test: Created by Lindsey Bleem These images give a brief summary of the testing of the optical cryostat at the University of Chicago.
UC Berkeley Receiver Build A glimpse into the building and testing of the SPT receiver.

AT THE POLE

Here is a collection of photos and clips from the Polar Season 2006-2007.

Tom Crawford gives us an inside tour of the new South Pole research station. (4 min, 18 mb)	Ryan Arrives at the South Pole (1:30, 7.6 mb)
Galleries of Images from Deployment at the South Pole Traveling to Pole Polar Images 1 Polar Images 2	Short Clips from raising the Optics Cryostat into position. (1:18, 5.9 mb)
Winter Album A collection of photos taken by Zak Staniszewski while wintering over at the Pole.	Time-Lapse Movie of SPT Construction (2006-07) Film Credits: Emrys Hall & Nicolas Michel-Hart 30 seconds ( 1.8 mb) 2 Minutes (6.3 mb)