SOFIA Telescope's video: SOFIA and Fog in New Zealand

SOFIA Chief Pilot Troy Asher discusses the fog in Christchurch, New Zealand during SOFIA's first Southern Hemisphere deployment July 12-August 2, 2013. SOFIA was diverted to land in Auckland, New Zealand due to fog only once during the deployment. SOFIA is the largest airborne observatory in the world, studying the universe at infrared wavelengths, capable of making observations that are impossible for even the largest and highest ground-based telescopes. During its planned 20 year lifetime, SOFIA also will inspire the development of new scientific instrumentation and foster the education of young scientists and engineers. Learn more: http://www.sofia.usra.edu/ and http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/index.html Facebook: http://go.nasa.gov/10DRglP Twitter: http://go.nasa.gov/1agMCgf