Monitoring the Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor

Nov. 10, 2010 – Operation Ice Bridge, South Pole Flight #2
Shane Wake and Bryan Blair – Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor (LVIS) engineer and principal investigator at NASA GSFC – take a look at the LVIS instrument read-out in their station near the rear of the aircraft. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Sarah DeWitt

It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole. Therefore Situated on the continent of Antarctica, it is the site of the United States Amundsen. Also Scott South Pole Station, which was established in 1956 and has been permanently staffed since that year. Although the Geographic South Pole is distinct from the South Magnetic Pole. Also  the position of which is defined based on the Earth’s magnetic field. The South Pole is at the center of the Southern Hemisphere.