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Here is a picture of two of the CARA structures taken at the South Pole 
in January of 1994. On the right is the platform and shielding for the 
COBRA Python telescope, which is used to survey the radiation from the 
Big Bang at a scale of about one degree on the sky. To the left in the 
background is the AST/RO building. When this picture was taken it 
supported the SPIREX telescope. During the 1994/95 summer season 
the 1.7 meter submilliter AST/RO telescope will be installed here 
and the SPIREX telescope moved to a new tower. The snow was blowing 
on this day so visiblity is limited, but if you could see well you 
would see the South Pole station about 1 km beyond the AST/RO building.