7 April 2013 What to scientists do on their day off?

I must confess that my day off started late, but it was well deserved as I stayed up until 1:00 a.m. taking pictures of the Northern Lights. It was spectacular! I'll journal about the aurora in more detail in the future ... you know, coronal mass ejections and photon emission spectra ... just the simple stuff.

So what do scientists do on their days off? Besides catching up on writing reports, e-mailing, and doing laundry on their one day off this week, they squeeze in a little exercise and fun.

It was an incredibly beautiful day in Kangerlussuaq today, 50 degrees and sunny with light winds, so many went for a hike into the mountains right outside town, a few drove up a 20 km dirt road to the terminus of the Russell GlacierA mass of ice that persists for many years and notably deforms and flows under the influence of gravity., and I got a run in with two fellow runners. Seems like you can always find someone to run with!

Late in the afternoon I joined them for their annual ham pot-luck dinner. It was a great time and I felt very welcome into their ‘family.’

Back to flying, collecting data, and cool science tomorrow.

Video from yesterday's flight:

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