Joe Spins the Globe | The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station - A CG fly-through of the most remote outpost on earth! @JoeSpinstheGlobe | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
A computer-generated scale model of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, featuring the Elevated Station, ARO, MAPO, SPT, and Ice Cube Neutrino Detector!
See my full explainer video: youtu.be/FDDV4pQioQ0
0:27 - The Elevated Station
0:34 - Ceremonial South Pole
0:55 - Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) by NOAA
1:18 - The Dark Sector & Martin A Pomerantz Observatory (MAPO)
1:45 - South Pole Telescope (SPT)
2:11 - IceCube Neutrino Detector
All buildings were modeled as closely as possible from original USAP blueprints (where available) and hundreds of reference pictures from the USAP photo library. The positions of all buildings are accurate to a few meters. The night sky in the dark sector is the Nasa Deep Star Map 2020, the most accurate and complete map of the night sky in existence.
Many, many thanks to the US Antarctic Program (USAP) for making available all the educational materials and extensive library of photos that made this project possible.
This project started with me learning 3D modeling in Blender about 11 weeks ago (Oct 2020), and ended with the video you see here. Special thanks to the following channels, without which I'd be stuck at making cubes:
@CGGeek
@CGCookie
@Iridesium (for the black hole)
@DylanNeill (for daytime HDRI, and the *amazing* aurora effect)
@BlenderGuru
Created in Blender 2.91
Credits:
USAP logo is property of USAP/NSF and is used here for education and without commercial interests.
Flags of countries participating in the Antarctic Treaty are public domain.
Night sky dome: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Daytime HDRI sourced from HDRI Haven via modifications by @DylanNeill.
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) images from ESA Planck satellite
A computer-generated scale model of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, featuring the Elevated Station, ARO, MAPO, SPT, and Ice Cube Neutrino Detector!
See my full explainer video: youtu.be/FDDV4pQioQ0
0:27 - The Elevated Station
0:34 - Ceremonial South Pole
0:55 - Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) by NOAA
1:18 - The Dark Sector & Martin A Pomerantz Observatory (MAPO)
1:45 - South Pole Telescope (SPT)
2:11 - IceCube Neutrino Detector
All buildings were modeled as closely as possible from original USAP blueprints (where available) and hundreds of reference pictures from the USAP photo library. The positions of all buildings are accurate to a few meters. The night sky in the dark sector is the Nasa Deep Star Map 2020, the most accurate and complete map of the night sky in existence.
Many, many thanks to the US Antarctic Program (USAP) for making available all the educational materials and extensive library of photos that made this project possible.
This project started with me learning 3D modeling in Blender about 11 weeks ago (Oct 2020), and ended with the video you see here. Special thanks to the following channels, without which I'd be stuck at making cubes:
@CGGeek
@CGCookie
@Iridesium (for the black hole)
@DylanNeill (for daytime HDRI, and the *amazing* aurora effect)
@BlenderGuru
Created in Blender 2.91
Credits:
USAP logo is property of USAP/NSF and is used here for education and without commercial interests.
Flags of countries participating in the Antarctic Treaty are public domain.
Night sky dome: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Daytime HDRI sourced from HDRI Haven via modifications by @DylanNeill.
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) images from ESA Planck satellite
