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Photos of the Day — October 6, 2007

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Photo looking east from the center of the Solar Decathlon shows a man in a hardhat on a walkway, looking down a row of houses lit by a temporary light.

Late at night, the Solar Decathlon takes on a ghostly appearance under the harsh white glare of portable lights. (Credit: Kevin Eber/Solar Decathlon)

Photo of several people in silhouette as they walk past the exterior of a house wearing hardhats.

Walking into the glare of artificial lights, the team from the Kansas Project Solar House prepares to tackle another task. (Credit: Kevin Eber/Solar Decathlon)

Photo of a house with a metal exterior. A young woman on the deck in front of the house talks with a young man on the roof, while another young man works on the roof and a third young man sits on the deck, using a laptop computer.

On Tuesday night, some members of the University of Maryland team worked on the roof... (Credit: Kevin Eber/Solar Decathlon)

Photo of two people on the deck of a house, working with wooden exterior shutters on a row of glass doors on the front of the house. Another person works on the rooftop. A bright portable light shines on the scene.

...while others worked on the front shutters. (Credit: Kevin Eber/Solar Decathlon)

Photo of two young men on a roof, wearing protective gear and installing a solar panel.

Andy Lau and Lee Gorny installed solar panels on the roof of the Penn State house. (Credit: Byron Stafford/Solar Decathlon)

Photo of four people working in the midst of a network of girders laid out to form a deck in front of a house with an exterior made mostly of glass. At the front of the deck, a number of girders form a vertical structure.

During the night, the Texas A&M team put together their front deck... (Credit: Kevin Eber/Solar Decathlon)

Photo looking between girders at a young man grinding metal, with sparks flying. Behind him, the glass exterior of a house reflects a neighboring house, while a person is standing inside the house.

...and during the day on Wednesday, Ross Charba did some fine-tuning by grinding some of the deck support girders. (Credit: Kevin Eber/Solar Decathlon)

Photo of a number of people carrying a metal grid, with the house from the University of Colorado at Boulder on the right and the Washington Monument in the background.

Later that day, some members of the Georgia Tech team pitched in to help the team from the University of Colorado at Boulder to move a heavy metal shading device. (Credit: Kevin Eber/Solar Decathlon)


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