The BLAST-TNG experiment is chosen to fly in December, the eve of the
Antarctic summer; during this time of year in the South Pole, constant
sunlight is unavoidable. While BLAST-TNG benefits from such conditions
since it is powered by solar panels, the abundance of sunlight concurrently
puts the efficiency of its star cameras at extreme risk. Although the cameras
need to absorb photons from stars in front of them, the sun's immense power
would otherwise blind the cameras with unnecessary light; the star camera
baffles were designed to block all such light.
