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| New South Pole Station |
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| South Pole Food Growth Chamber |
| Lettuce production, upper and lower shelves |
| Tall Crops with moving lower racks withdrawn |
| More lettuce trays... |
| Looking forward towards Enviro-room |
| Looking forward towards Enviro-room |
| Yellow color of image caused by water-jacketed High Pressure Sodium lighting |
| Plan view of Model Food Growth Chamber showing growing system arrangement |
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| Looking into enviroroom [forground] and plant growth chamber [background] from South Pole station hallway |
| Upper and lower adjustable shelves supporting the
double pass NFT (nutrient film technique) troughs. Each trough has 3 square holes through which plants will grow |
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