Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2022 January 7 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Ecstatic Solar Eclipse Image Credit & [3]Copyright: Annie Schmidt ([4]Point Blue Conservation Science) Explanation: A male Adelie penguin performed this Ecstatic Vocalization in silhouette during the [5]December 4 solar eclipse, the final eclipse of 2021. Of course his Ecstatic Vocalization is a special display that male penguins use to claim their territory and [6]advertise their condition. This penguin's territory, at Cape Crozier Antarctica, is located in one of the largest Adelie penguin colonies. The colony has been studied [7]by researchers for over 25 years. From there, last December's eclipse was about 80 percent total when seen at its maximum phase as the [8]Moon's shadow crossed planet Earth's [9]southernmost continent. Status Updates: [10]Deploying the James Webb Space Telescope Tomorrow's picture: forgotten constellation __________________________________________________________________ [11]< | [12]Archive | [13]Submissions | [14]Index | [15]Search | [16]Calendar | [17]RSS | [18]Education | [19]About APOD | [20]Discuss | [21]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [22]Robert Nemiroff ([23]MTU) & [24]Jerry Bonnell ([25]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [26]Specific rights apply. [27]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [28]ASD at [29]NASA / [30]GSFC & [31]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2201/eclipse_EV.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.pointblue.org/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/content/dec-4-2021-eclipse 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211211.html 7. https://penguinscience.com/current-projects/ 8. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149174/antarctica-eclipsed 9. https://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/4693/ 10. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220106.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 15. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 20. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220107 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220108.html 22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 25. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 27. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 31. http://www.mtu.edu/