A total lunar eclipse started off last week at the Pole. IceCube winterover Ilya had set up a camera box in advance to capture photos during the event. Unfortunately, the weather was poor and the blood moon was not very visible, plus the outdoor camera setup wasn’t a match for the weather conditions. Still, Ilya got a nice combined time-lapse image of part of the lunar eclipse in the twilight sky next to the IceCube Lab. Below, we see Ilya’s camera box (as well as a secondary use for a shovel?) before it succumbed to the weather.
The sky is really starting to lighten up, as evidenced in the photos below. The long view of the IceCube Upgrade drill camp is clearly seen as aligned with the horizon. And one can better appreciate the structure of the snow drifts between the camp’s containers given the increasingly stronger light and contrast from shadows. The frosty South Pole station is shown below from the side facing the sunrise.
