Neutron Monitor, South Pole (from the series Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey)
Artist
Joan Myers
(American, born 1944)
Date2002
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 14 5/8 × 22 in. (37.1 × 55.9 cm)
Support: 17 1/4 × 24 1/8 in. (43.8 × 61.3 cm)
Mat: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
Support: 17 1/4 × 24 1/8 in. (43.8 × 61.3 cm)
Mat: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Joan Myers, 2017
Object number2017.5.4
DescriptionFlat, snow-covered landscape punctuated with two platforms accessible by ladder, one holdings scientific equipment and casting a shadow. At least six tall, antennae-like structures are visible in middle- to background.eMuseum Notes
Because
the South pole is a high-altitude desert that remains in darkness six months a
year, it is an ideal site for collecting astronomical data. In this image from
Myers trip to Antarctica, she photographs a small part of AMANDA (Antarctic
Muon and Neutrino Detector Array), a group of 40 detectors gathering
information about subataomic particles during the region’s polar night. The
pictures was stimulated by the artist’s interest in science but also because
the monitors offer a rare three-dimensional subject for her camera in this flat
landscape.
On View
Not on view
Joan Myers
2001 (printed 2017)
