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Friday, June 20, 2014 - 2:00pm
This photograph of the ICL (IceCube Lab) almost looks as if it’s set against an artificial backdrop, but it is just the eerie effect of the sky lit by a rising moon. No special-effects lighting inside in the galley, where winterover Dag was stationed for his dish pit duty.
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 12:45pm
Is that the sun or the moon? That’s the moon alright—since it’s still winter at the South Pole, we know the sun has set and won’t show itself again for awhile.
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 2:45pm
Some very bright auroras have been unfolding in the sky above the South Pole lately. But that doesn’t mean the only way to see an aurora is by looking upward. Here’s an aurora reflected in the metallic sphere atop the marker at the ceremonial South Pole.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 10:00am
They’re getting fancy at the Pole—wide angles showing off curves and long exposures leaving star trails in the night sky. With its long stretch of darkness broken only by spells of auroras or the rising of a sunlike moon, winter makes the South Pole a captivating place.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 1:00pm
South Pole … greenhouse? That’s right. One of the coldest places on the planet hosts a very nice, warm greenhouse, replete with tomatoes and leafy greens. It’s a jungle in there.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 1:00pm
A bright moon hovers above a row of summer camp buildings at the South Pole. It’s not summer there now, of course, but with such a brightly lit sky, the winterovers may be having flashbacks to a time not so long ago when the sun shone down on this camp.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 8:45am
If you blur your vision slightly, the green tablecloth might be mistaken as grass and the entire scene as one of a summertime outdoor picnic. But it’s still winter at the South Pole—midwinter to be precise, one of several milestones they traditionally celebrate with a special dinner.
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 10:15am
It looks like IceCube winterover Ian Rees is back to taking photographs. A good thing, too, or we wouldn’t have gotten the above image of a nice aurora filling up the sky over the ICL.
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 8:00am
What better time and place for an outdoor astronomy class than midwinter at the South Pole? Clear skies present a group of expectant gazers with a multitude of stars for their viewing pleasure.
Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 8:00am
IceCube winterover Erik Beiser was captured in the above image silhouetted by the rising moon while out taking aurora photos himself.