Antarctica Eclipsed: Moon Blots Out the Sun in Stunning Space Photo of the Total Solar Eclipse - SciTechDaily

December 7, 2021.

December 4, 2021.

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 was visible from Antarctica, where the Moon blotted out the Sun for nearly two minutes.

On December 4, 2021, a handful of people in Antarctica were treated to clear views of a total solar eclipse, the only one to occur in 2021.

A partial eclipse was visible in other parts of the Southern Hemisphere.

During a total solar eclipse, the Sun, Moon, and Earth line up in that order, with the Moon between the Sun and Earth.

The above image was acquired during the eclipse by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCVR).

The natural-color images below were acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite on December 15, 2019, and December 4, 2021, respectively.

The December 2021 image was acquired at 07:37 UTC, a few minutes before the eclipse reached totality.

December 15, 2019 – December 4, 2021.

The last total solar eclipse in Antarctica occurred in November 2003.

The next will occur in December 2039.

December 5, 2021

December 5, 2021