Here are two more great photos sent to us from USAP member Leah Webster at the South Pole. The new Elevated Station is at left where our friends live. The amazing colors in the sky are the Aurora Australis. We can also see some other buildings in the photo and the Antarctic sun which sits low on the horizon.
At right is Leah Webster herself with the cake she baked. It looks just great, and our students call it a South Pole King Cake because it looks like the King Cakes we eat in New Orleans for Carnival Time. All Leah would really need to do to make this look like a New Orleans cake is to add sprinkled sugar on top in three colors -- purple, green, and gold which are the colors of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. But the students love the cake the way it is in the photo. It looks delicious!
From what we understand, baking cakes is very difficult at the Pole because of the high altitude and other extreme conditions.
This photo of Leah and her cake is one of the most popular photos with our students.
(People from New Orleans love to talk about food and cooking.)
Thanks, Leah, for the great photos!
-- Adrian
1 comment:
Adrian,
I'm just fascinated by the beautiful colors in the Aurora Australis that can be seen in the sky,
The building seems to be not on the ground but up on pilings or something.
That's a terrific picture of Leah Webster and her "South Pole King Cake"!! What a clever name your students gave her cake!
All the pictures and information about them have been so interesting. Keep them coming, Adrian!
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