The beach at the site was made of coral rubble.
It had to be leveled with sand.



The tower and lab skeleton were assembled first.
They were like a jumbo size Erector Set.


Tim models the latest fashions in sun protection gear.
Sunlight intensity was 1000 watts per square meter at midday.


The completed field lab. In the foreground is one of NCAR's
Class systems for meteorlogical data collection.