the only one for the year happened this weekend . too bad i wasn't there to see it. i won't get there until early november. here at mcmurdo we still have 24 hour day/night, light/dark cycles. but crazy to think of only one sunrise, one long day, one sunset and one long night per year. to see the sunrise and sunset one has to winter at the pole. 9 months with no flights in or out because it's too cold to land planes. fewer people have wintered at pole than have been to the top of mt everest.
(south pole sunrise sept 20, 2008; sunset march 22, 2009)
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wow. i'm speechless. and that's hard to do. ~ksp
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