Pull up a chair—sunset at the South Pole takes weeks, not hours. And why is that? Because the Earth’s rotational axis is tilted, the poles gradually proceed from full exposure to full shadow (and back again) as the Earth travels around the sun. The Earth’s tilt also gives us our seasons, and something less obvious—and maybe our new word of the day—the Week 40 at the Pole
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![Week 40 at the Pole October 17, 2025“Messengers,” documentary film featuring IceCube, screening this fall October 16, 2025Evidence for neutrino emission from X-ray-emitting galaxies October 16, 2025Exploring the universe through a new astrophysics video game October 14, 2025Week 39 at the Pole October 10, 2025](http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/04/29/analemma_the_position_of_the_sun_in_the_sky_changing_over_a_year.html</p>
<p>‘ target=”_blank”>analemma</a>. Last week at the Pole, there was work as usual. And the astronomy and ham radio classes continued. But the sunset really took center stage.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img width="750" height="500" decoding="async" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_500,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054953/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA" alt="ICL inbluehaze" class="wp-post-6387 wp-image-4451" data-public-id="news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067.jpg" data-format="jpg" data-transformations="q_auto" data-version="1608054953" data-seo="1" data-responsive="1" srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_500,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054953/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 750w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_600,h_400,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054953/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 600w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_400,h_266,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054953/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 400w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_200,h_133,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054953/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 200w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption>Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img width="750" height="318" decoding="async" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_318,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054952/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA" alt="SPT in sunset" class="wp-post-6387 wp-image-4452" data-public-id="news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067.jpg" data-format="jpg" data-transformations="q_auto" data-version="1608054952" data-seo="1" data-responsive="1" srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_318,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054952/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 750w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_600,h_254,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054952/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 600w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_400,h_169,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054952/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 400w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_200,h_84,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054952/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 200w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption>Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img width="750" height="422" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_422,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054951/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA" alt="station in sunset" class="wp-post-6387 wp-image-4453" data-public-id="news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067.jpg" data-format="jpg" data-transformations="q_auto" data-version="1608054951" data-seo="1" data-responsive="1" srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_422,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054951/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 750w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_600,h_337,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054951/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 600w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_400,h_225,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054951/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 400w, https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_200,h_112,c_scale/q_auto/v1608054951/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA 200w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption>Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
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