Daily Image
30-11-2018
Wintersleep Tonjes Jipping
| Submitter: | Henk Mulder |
| Description: | Every year we have multiple intense maintenance cycles in the field. Where all the LOFAR stations go through repairs and testing where everything from fallen down antennas, oscillating tiles, bird pecking holes, high noise and broken elements is looked into and fixed. It is not always sunshine and tshirts, because through horsefly bites, the rain, blubber and cold winds these men work to make sure the stations stay in peak performance. Everyday the observers make sure they get home safely and that their hard work is translated into more elements of the field turned on in the observation. On the picture we see Tonjes Tipping, every year around April he goes into the field to assist the maintenance team, and in November he leaves us again to return the next year. But even now while we are sitting in our warm offices, when the days get shorter and colder, there are people in the field making sure LOFAR stays functioning to the best of it's capabilities. Thank you brave souls! |
| Copyright: | Henk Mulder |
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