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After the hole is drilled, the deployment team takes over the tower to lower a string of 60 DOMs into the hole. This step is called deployment....More

DOM on a stringDOMs ready for deploymentDOMs ready to be deployedDOMs ready to be deployedDeployment weight stack
Attaching weight stackAttaching electrical cablesAttached DOMAttached DOMAttaching the electrical cables
Attaching the electrical cablesDOM descendingFirst DOM down the holeDescending DOMAttaching the first DOM
Connecting a DOM20051226T013529_S29-24_0179_TP5P0613_DOM_orientation.jpgBatch 18 Jan_ 2005 287.jpgFrigophobia descendingDemophobia descending
Frigophobia descendingDemophobia descendingDemophobia descending . . .Frigophobia still descendingDescending . . .
Dwindling DOMsEmptied DOM storageDeployment teamTurning on the string