Ice Cube!
No I'm not talkin XXX2 or whatever, nor am I referring to 'Straight Outta Compton' but instead the largest volume telescope in the world...buried a mile beneath the ice of a frozen continent. IceCube they call it. It is looking for something...something small.. neutrinos!
http://amanda.uci.edu/
and
http://www.icecube.wisc.edu/
Yes they bury the sensors 1.5 miles below the ice. Some of the equipment they use is amazing..check it out:
http://www.amanda.uci.edu/travel/travel.html
Also I didn't know about lasers being used to measure ozone. That 3rd from last shot is so surreal, it belongs in a scifi series or something.
To answer the necessary WHY under the ice?
http://www.icecube.wisc.edu/what_is_icecube/faq.shtml#2
http://amanda.uci.edu/
and
http://www.icecube.wisc.edu/
Yes they bury the sensors 1.5 miles below the ice. Some of the equipment they use is amazing..check it out:
http://www.amanda.uci.edu/travel/travel.html
Also I didn't know about lasers being used to measure ozone. That 3rd from last shot is so surreal, it belongs in a scifi series or something.
To answer the necessary WHY under the ice?
http://www.icecube.wisc.edu/what_is_icecube/faq.shtml#2