Photos and video: December 4, 2021, total solar eclipse
The total solar eclipse of December 4, 2021, took place over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. So only a lucky few saw it from the ground. Others saw it from ships or airplanes. And a very, very lucky few say it from space! Meanwhile, NASA showed a great live stream of the eclipse, which you can see in this post (below). And some in our community traveled to far southern locations and posted photos. Wow! Always beautiful. First, here’s NASA’s live stream…
You can replay NASA’s livestream of the eclipse here.
Our friend Swami Krishnananda in India wrote: “… Thanks to internet, I was able to watch it from beginning to the end – from about 12 noon our time, up to about 2:15 p.m. our time. NASA made it possible by giving a live show on Youtube. I could take many screen shots and composed the following photo, showing the eclipse progress from the beginning to totality in the upper row of the photo, and from totality back to normal in the bottom row. Hope you will enjoy this dance of Nature.” Thank you, Swami Krishnananda!
It would have been a long way for most of us to travel to go see the total solar eclipse in Antarctica this past weekend, but we'd have to travel even further to get this view. ? pic.twitter.com/1OLrpsn2nU
Solar physicist C. Alex Young, an EarthSky contributor, was one who traveled to the eclipse via ship. He sent in this image shortly before the eclipse took place and wrote: “Hi, from just east of the South Orkney Islands. Ship is heading close to center line. Hope to have some items to share from the path of totality … Clear skies!” Thank you, Alex!
Bottom line: Photos of the December 4, 2021, total solar eclipse over Antarctica, from the EarthSky Community.
Our Editor-in-Chief Deborah Byrd works to keep all the astronomy balls in the air between EarthSky's website, YouTube page and social media platforms. She's the primary editor of our popular daily newsletter and a frequent host of EarthSky livestreams. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
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