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  • Looking up from the ground and past the Chilean flag, NASA's DC-8 prepares to land.

    Approach to Landing in Chile

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  • NASA's DC-8 is back on the tarmac after a long day flying over Antarctica.

    Unloading After a 12 Hour Flight

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  • A Magallanes penguin in Turis-Otway, Patagonia

    Chilean Penguin

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  • The DC-8 pilots on NASA's IceBridge mission point out the narrow Antarctic time zones on the navigation map.

    Doing Time

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  • NASA's DC-8 contrail photographed next to the U.S. flag at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station was the first time the plane has flown over the South Pole.

    IceBridge and South Pole Salutes Veterans Day

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  • South Pole Station as view from the IceBridge mission's DC-8.

    South Pole Flyover

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  • Artist's concept of Earth's atmosphere from 0 to 700 kilometers, showing the Mesosphere, Thermosphere and Ionosphere (MTI) regions. It also shows various MTI atmospheric phenomenon and the atmospheric range in which they occur. The TIMED spacecraft is shown at an approximate altitude of 680 km and compares that altitude to that of other man-made orbiting objects.

    The Science of TIMED

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  • Artist's concept of TIMED spacecraft

    TIMED Spacecraft

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  • Southern U.S. at night

    Decade

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  • NASA's DC-8 flew over the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Oct. 26, 2010.

    Brunt Ice Shelf

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