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                               2022 January 7

                           Ecstatic Solar Eclipse
      Image Credit & Copyright: Annie Schmidt (Point Blue Conservation
                                  Science)

   Explanation: A male Adelie penguin performed this Ecstatic Vocalization
   in silhouette during the 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 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 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 Moon's shadow crossed planet Earth's southernmost
   continent.

          Status Updates: Deploying the James Webb Space Telescope
                 Tomorrow's picture: forgotten constellation
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