{"id":5371,"date":"2011-02-19T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T23:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2012-11-24T18:10:51","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T22:10:51","slug":"antarctica-2010-2011-panoramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5371","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica 2010-2011: Panoramas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the <a href=\"index.php?p=5365\">&#8220;title page&#8221; images&#8221;<\/a>, one other already existing set of images I really like are the panoramas. I have recollected them into this post.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/summit_trail.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/summit_trail-1024x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"summit_trail\" width=\"640\" height=\"68\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/summit_trail-1024x109.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/summit_trail-150x15.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/summit_trail-250x26.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">Never before posted! View from summit trail on volcanic crater remnant around Christchurch<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weather.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weather-1024x117.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"weather\" width=\"640\" height=\"73\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weather-1024x117.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weather-150x17.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weather-250x28.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">The &#8220;legitimate marginal&#8221; weather on the first day we showed up and didn&#8217;t launch<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rock_summit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rock_summit-1024x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rock_summit\" width=\"640\" height=\"118\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rock_summit-1024x189.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rock_summit-150x27.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rock_summit-250x46.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">Another summit panorama. This time from atop Castle Rock on Christmas.<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/morning.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/morning-1024x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"morning\" width=\"640\" height=\"90\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/morning-1024x145.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/morning-150x21.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/morning-250x35.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">The weather on our &#8220;marginal marginal&#8221; launch day<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_train2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_train2-1024x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"flight_train2\" width=\"640\" height=\"58\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_train2-1024x93.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_train2-150x13.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_train2-250x22.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">The flight train and parachute<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/preinflation_crop2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/preinflation_crop2-1024x40.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"preinflation_crop2\" width=\"640\" height=\"25\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/preinflation_crop2-1024x40.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/preinflation_crop2-150x5.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/preinflation_crop2-250x9.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">An all-around view on launch day before inflation<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flightline.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flightline-1024x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"flightline\" width=\"640\" height=\"108\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5408\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flightline-1024x173.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flightline-150x25.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flightline-250x42.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">My main panorama of BLAST and a mostly-inflated balloon<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_deck.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_deck-1024x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"from_deck\" width=\"640\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_deck-1024x398.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_deck-150x58.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_deck-250x97.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">A similar panorama from the deck, before being forced inside. The balloon is more-mostly-inflated<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BLAST_ops.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BLAST_ops-1024x316.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BLAST_ops\" width=\"640\" height=\"197\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BLAST_ops-1024x316.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BLAST_ops-150x46.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/BLAST_ops-250x77.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">All six gondola drivers in the BLAST Ops room<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/whiteness.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/whiteness-1024x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"whiteness\" width=\"640\" height=\"53\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5388\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/whiteness-1024x86.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/whiteness-150x12.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/whiteness-250x21.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">The all-around whiteness of an overcast day at the south pole<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_my_seat1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_my_seat1-1024x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"from_my_seat\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_my_seat1-1024x437.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_my_seat1-150x64.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/from_my_seat1-250x106.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">The view from my seat on the C-17 back to Christchurch<\/dd>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_deck1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_deck1-1024x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"flight_deck\" width=\"640\" height=\"143\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5390\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_deck1-1024x229.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_deck1-150x33.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/flight_deck1-250x55.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"gallery-caption\">The C-17 flight deck<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the <a href=\"index.php?p=5365\">&#8220;title page&#8221; images&#8221;<\/a>, one other already existing set of images I really like are the panoramas. I have recollected them into this post. 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