19 June 2021

Midnight sun at the South Pole

"A multiple-exposure photograph taken every hour from 1:30 pm on December 8, 1965, to 10:10 am on December 9, 1965, showing the sun in its orbit above the South Pole, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station © Georg Gerster/Panos Pictures."

Photo from an interesting article in Harper's Magazine about collecting meteorites on the Antarctic ice (see photo below). 

"Photograph of a meteorite foot-search showing flags that mark the locations of collected specimens. Courtesy ANSMET/Nancy L. Chabot"

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