Total Solar Eclipse, 2003 Nov 23

Pictures from the South Pole

The eclipse of 2003 Nov 23 was a total eclipse over parts of Antarctica. At the South Pole, it was a partial eclipse - the eclipse started at 22:23 GMT, was maximum at 23:18 (with 86% of the sun's disk covered by the moon) and ended at 00:12. These pictures, which do not show the sun, were taken from a webcam which lies within a kilometer of the South Pole. You can see that the light was distinctly darker at mid-eclipse than it was before and after it.

This is the thumbnail of the picture taken at 23:20, near mid-eclipse

This picture, for comparison, was taken at 00:35, after the eclipse ended.

Click on any of these links to see the picture taken at that time.

Pictures from U.S. Dept of Commerce / NOAA / CMDL ...