As you can see the balloon is fully inflated, and I believe it's just about at float altitude of around 120,000 feet. ANITA apparently didn't want to leave our site and is now heading straight towards the South Pole. We would have preferred it to take a similar course to CREAM as it keeps us away from all the radio activity at the South Pole. The ironic thing is the path CREAM takes doesn't affect their science.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
ANITA through the telescope
We brought a telescope with us to make sure the drop downs deployed. We were able to track ANITA pretty well with it for quite some time. It was a bit of a challenge to get the camera to focus through the eye piece, but here is a good shot taken by another person.
As you can see the balloon is fully inflated, and I believe it's just about at float altitude of around 120,000 feet. ANITA apparently didn't want to leave our site and is now heading straight towards the South Pole. We would have preferred it to take a similar course to CREAM as it keeps us away from all the radio activity at the South Pole. The ironic thing is the path CREAM takes doesn't affect their science.
As you can see the balloon is fully inflated, and I believe it's just about at float altitude of around 120,000 feet. ANITA apparently didn't want to leave our site and is now heading straight towards the South Pole. We would have preferred it to take a similar course to CREAM as it keeps us away from all the radio activity at the South Pole. The ironic thing is the path CREAM takes doesn't affect their science.
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