Reuben Wu Gallery/ Sara Urbaez / June 7, 2018 12:44 PM
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Reuben Wu01This self-portrait depicts Wu standing before one of the domes at the Svalbard Satellite Station. A fogbow arcs above the dome, and Wu's headlamp casts an eerie pink light on the ground.
Reuben Wu02A fogbow appears above the road on the way to the Svalbard Satellite Station. The station sits above the Arctic Circle at 78 degrees north.
Reuben Wu03Golden light bathes the snow-capped mountains surrounding the Svalbard Satellite Station.
Reuben Wu04When Wu visited Svalbard in October, the sun moved in a shallow arc, kissing the horizon most of the day.
Reuben Wu05The city of Longyearbyen glows in the distance. The structures at right are supports for cable cars once used to transport coal.
Reuben Wu06The Global Seed Vault is a seed bank on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
Reuben Wu07The Svalbard Satellite Station sits on Plataberget, a mountain plateau outside Longyearbyen.
Reuben Wu08A pink cloud floats like cotton candy in the sky above Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard.
Reuben Wu09Wu shot inside the radomes with gelled lights to add an element of drama. Inside, the domes were empty and cold, filled with melted snow. "You speak and the sound just booms around you," Wu says.
Reuben Wu10The radomes are based on the geodesic design of architect Buckminster Fuller.
Reuben Wu11The sun bathes the landscape in a warm glow.
Reuben Wu12The Northern Lights shine above SG-22, one of two domes that help track the JPSS-1satellite. Wu took this image as part of a timelapse, and he appears in the image standing with his guides beside the dome.
Reuben Wu13The rising moon mirrors the shape of the domes.
Reuben Wu14Wu captured this self-portrait inside one of the domes. The ladder is used for maintenance.
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