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On the Ground in Chile

Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Volcano peak near Valdivia, Chile, as seen from the IceBridge DC-8. Credit: NASA / Jim Yungel.

After days of work to install and test instruments, the IceBridge team loaded the DC-8 for its trip from NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operation Facility in Palmdale, Calif., to its campaign base of operations in Punta Arenas, Chile.

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