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                               2022 November 5

                       Lunar Eclipse at the South Pole
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Aman Chokshi

   Explanation: Last May 16 the Moon slid through Earth's shadow,
   completely immersed in the planet's dark umbra for about 1 hour and 25
   minutes during a total lunar eclipse. In this composited timelapse
   view, the partial and total phases of the eclipse were captured as the
   Moon tracked above the horizon from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
   There it shared a cold and starry south polar night with a surging
   display of the aurora australis and central Milky Way. In the
   foreground are the BICEP (right) and South Pole telescopes at the
   southernmost station's Dark Sector Laboratory. But while polar skies
   can be spectacular, you won't want to go to the South Pole to view the
   total lunar eclipse coming up on November 8. Instead, that eclipse can
   be seen from locations in Asia, Australia, the Pacific, the Americas
   and Northern Europe. It will be your last chance to watch a total lunar
   eclipse until 2025.

                    Tomorrow's picture: inverted Sun day
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