The Beautiful Antarctic Sky

I normally don't like to post pictures that I haven't taken. But there comes a time when a friend's work is so beautiful that there is no comparison to your own work. My camera just won't capture the Antarctic sky as it is really seen. One of the advantages of a winter-over is observing skies like this 22 hours a day when it is clear. Photo credit and thanks for the permission to post the following photographs to Deven Stross.

The Milky Way galaxy and an aurora!

The Milky Way galaxy.

A beautiful light show!

The best aurora I have observed yet. July 15, 2012 around 6 pm. This type of aurora is called a pillar.

One can never tire from this view.

In the past 25 years dogs have been banned from Antarctica due to various problems including chasing seals and penguins.

The real reason why dogs aren't allowed in Antarctica! A disturbing picture but what is even more disturbing is that this kind of looks like my dog Tobi.