Not too much out of the ordinary going on.
The sun has gone, and won't be back until the end of August.
We had a lot of snow in town after the storms a couple of weeks ago.

The storms were pretty average for down here, but over at Black Island there was a wind gust of 193 knots, that's about 222 mph, only 9 mph lower than the highest wind speed ever officially recorded on the planet on Mount Washington back in 1936.
We regularly have bigger storms out there, but most the time the wind gauges have not been working as they don't last long down here.

Here's a few general catch-up photos...


Looking out from Hut Point across McMurdo Sound in the last of the daylight

Wind whipping up snow off the hills behind McMurdo in the twilight


ANZAC Day dawn service at Scott Base (like Memorial Day in the US).
At this time of the year we don't actually have a "Dawn", as the sun does not rise, so we just do it in the morning.

Driving to Black Island in the blowing snow and the noon twilight

Solar Panels that were ripped off the roof at Black Island in the 222mph wind.
The rest of the facility was not damaged. It was built to last.

Snow that has worked it's way into the Bunk House at Black Island during the storm.
All this snow came in through the cracks in the window seals. There are a couple of armchairs and a diesel preway heater on the right of the picture under the snow.

Long exposure photo of the Black Island Satellite Station

The Milky Way as seen from Black Island. The green in the sky is from some faint auroras

Back at McMurdo, digging hard-packed snow out of the engine compartment after the storm.

Digging vehicles out of the snow next to the Gym entrance.

The back door to building 159 where I work

TV and entertainment unit that was dug out of the snow that got into Hut 10 that I have been asked to look at to see if it will still work.

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Aurora Photography Exposure Guide:
Here's an exposure guide I put together for folks down here to figure out how to take their own aurora photos.
For those of you living in the northern or southern extremes of the planet, it could come in handy...