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This is a 360 degree Panorama of the Aumndsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole Antarctica. This was taken on 7-28 during the afternoon at a temperature of around -90F with a windchill of -130F. The moon in the shot was only a slight crescent but is incredibly bright. When the moon is not around we are surrounded...
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Toggle Minimize gigapan_commentHoward Eglowstein (December 13, 2012, 08:16AM )
Quite possibly the most beautiful pano I've seen here. Thanks for sharing it!
JostJahn (July 30, 2011, 03:23AM )
Unfortunately the stars are not very sharp, but great work at harsh conditions
Norberto Villarreal (August 25, 2010, 12:29PM )
Fantastic panoramic view! thanks for show!
Pascal Lee (October 23, 2009, 05:36AM )
Very nice.
Ella Derbyshire (August 30, 2009, 07:39PM )
Each star stays in the own place relative to the other stars. Planets and the moon move through the constellations of the zodiac. This winter we have watched Jupiter slowly moving back and forth among the stars of Capricornus. It was the only planet to stay in our night sky. Every 2 weeks the moon rises, and then lingers, slowly moving eastward for 2 weeks through the stars of Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Capricornus, and Aquarius. Then it sets and spends 2 weeks among the northern zodiacal constellations. This year the sun is at a solar minimum, and we weren't expecting to see very many auroras. We have had a number of very nice displays, such as this one, but they don't occur daily, and many of 2009's auroras were wispy lights that appeared suddenly and faded quickly.
Ella Derbyshire (August 30, 2009, 07:38PM )
Spinecrawler has captured the lower half of the sky in this full-circle panorama. The photograph includes stars that are located in the sky between 0 and 45 degrees south declination, and those stars are all less than 45 degrees above our horizon. The stars in our sky don't rise or set. They just circle around us once in a 24-hour day. The star field does shift about 4 minutes westward every day. Most of us don't notice much difference over a short time, but it is certainly noticeable over a longer time period. For example, if you were here on January 28 in the afternoon, and you stood in the same spot where spinecrawler stood to shoot this panorama, Scorpius and the other stars that he photographed over the station on July 28 would be behind you, and Orion would be behind the station. Of course, in January you would be looking at blue sky and all of the stars would be lost in sunlight.
Ella Derbyshire (August 30, 2009, 07:31PM )
This panorama of the South Pole at night shows the elevated station and the Dome under an accurate star field which features the rising moon, the Milky Way, Jupiter and a very nice aurora. The only way to see this sight is to spend a winter at the Pole. The last flight leaves here in mid-February and the planes return in mid-October. Only a serious emergency will bring a plane to the Pole between sunset and sunrise. Counting the first winter-over crew who stayed here in 1957 to the present crew of 2009, only 1267 people have spent a winter at the South Pole.
henry reichhold (August 25, 2009, 01:11PM )
Beautiful photograph
Payam Rahmani (August 17, 2009, 07:26AM )
Wow, GigaPan of an aurora?!? This is really amazing. I hope I was there.
th chang (August 15, 2009, 09:44PM )
marvelous shot! very unique opportunity
Jim Trotter (August 15, 2009, 07:48AM )
very cool, are these colors in the sky always visible ? shutter speed ? thanks for sharing jim trotter
Nathan Wong (August 15, 2009, 07:37AM )
That was awesome! Thank you!
Keith Rodgerson (August 15, 2009, 12:58AM )
So are those "The Southern Lights" Lovely shot whic follows my rule that a Gigapan should look great before you zoom in. KR