Antarctica sunset — now 4 months of darkness

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 15:31 in Astronomy & Space

During the first week of May, the small crew left behind at an Antarctica research station bid farewell to the sun as it set for the last time for the season, plunging the frigid continent into the permanent midnight of winter.

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