A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/full_moon" class="extiw" title="en:full moon">full moon</a> and 25 second exposure allowed sufficient light into this photo taken at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen-Scott_South_Pole_Station" class="extiw" title="en:Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station">Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station</a> during the long <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" class="extiw" title="en:Antarctica">Antarctic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/night" class="extiw" title="en:night">night</a>. The new station can be seen at far left, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/power_plant" class="extiw" title="en:power plant">power plant</a> in the center and the old mechanic's garage in the lower right. Red lights are used outside during the winter darkness as their spectrum does not pollute the sky, allowing scientists to conduct astrophysical studies without artificial light interference. There is a background of green light. This is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aurora_australis" class="extiw" title="en:aurora australis">Aurora Australis</a>, which dances through the sky virtually all the time during the long Antarctic night (winter).The photo's surreal appearance makes the station look like a futuristic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Station" class="extiw" title="en:Mars Station">Mars Station</a>.
Photo by Chris Danals, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation" class="extiw" title="en:National Science Foundation">National Science Foundation</a>
2005-07
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