December 11, 2021
The same gravity that holds galaxies together and keeps planets in their orbits also held you to the Earth on the day you were born.
Postcard from the South Pole
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APOD published December 11, 2021. Credit: Aman Chokshi. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
From this vantage point about three quarters of a mile from planet Earth's geographic South Pole, the December 4 eclipse of the Sun was seen as a partial eclipse. At maximum the New Moon blocked 90 percent of the solar disk. Of course, crews at the South Pole Telescope (left) and BICEP telescope (right) climbed to the roof of Amundsen-Scott station's Dark Sector Laboratory to watch. Centered near the local eclipse maximum, the composite timelapse view features an image of the Sun traversing cold antarctic skies taken every four minutes. Left to right along the roof line it also features the raised arms of Brandon Amat, Aman Chokshi, Cheng Zhang, James Bevington and Allen Foster.
Image credit: Aman Chokshi