                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2021 December 11

                        Postcard from the South Pole
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Aman Chokshi

   Explanation: 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 eclipse 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 in 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
   Forster.

                     Tomorrow's picture: in darker skies
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