The lowering sun at the South Pole made for some great photos last week. Above, the sun itself is blocked by the ceremonial Pole marker, but its light shines through the US flag just behind the marker. IceCube winterover Ilya took advantage of the clear days last week to get out and capture these nice images—check out that fish-eye view of the sky at the ceremonial Pole. Unfortunately, the weather was uncooperative on last week’s day of official sunset. Still, there will likely be more opportunities for “sunset” photos in the coming weeks as twilight is a slow process at the Pole, with light that lingers long after the sun actually dips below the horizon. Even though daylight has been holding on, it was dark enough to clearly see the moon high up in the sky.
