GSN-SPRESSO

Trench for Instrumentation Building

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USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory

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This image shows the installation of the buried instrumentation vault for the South Pole Remote Earth Science and Seismological Observatory (SPRESSO). This observatory includes the GSN station QSPA (Quiet South Pole, Antarctica). Subsurface burial reduces wind noise and moderates temperatures in the vault.

Date Taken: December 15, 2002
Photographer / Contributor: Kent Anderson
Location: South Pole, Antarctica

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gsn, USGS, field, snow, QSPA, SPRESSO, South Pole, ice,

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