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 45 at the Pole
November 22, 2021IceCube places the strictest constraints on WIMPs from the sun
November 22, 2021Week 44 at the Pole
November 15, 2021IceCube back at holiday light display in Madison, WI
November 13, 2021Meet IceCube’s 2021-2022 winterovers, Moreno and Celas!
November 12, 2021
![Week 45 at the Pole November 22, 2021IceCube places the strictest constraints on WIMPs from the sun November 22, 2021Week 44 at the Pole November 15, 2021IceCube back at holiday light display in Madison, WI November 13, 2021Meet IceCube’s 2021-2022 winterovers, Moreno and Celas! November 12, 2021](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 loading="lazy" width="750" height="500" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_500/q_auto/q_auto/v1608054953/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9f588d9833718d30.69636c626c756568617a655f445343313939392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA" alt="ICL inbluehaze" class="wp-image-4451"/><figcaption>Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="750" height="318" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_318/q_auto/q_auto/v1608054952/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b8acf7d6c136e06b.73707473756e7365745f445343313933392e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA" alt="SPT in sunset" class="wp-image-4452"/><figcaption>Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="750" height="422" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_422/q_auto/q_auto/v1608054951/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.bc4bb2d09b7683cb.73746174696f6e73756e5f30343239352e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA" alt="station in sunset" class="wp-image-4453"/><figcaption>Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF</figcaption></figure>
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