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Old March 14th 17, 04:35 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default The shadows grow long now

For a while there is a lovely image of two people walking towards the South Pole telescope -

https://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/spwebcam.cfm

In a week as the Earth turns as a function of its orbital motion, the South pole will move through the circle of illumination and the Sun will disappear from view for 6 months.