03/07/2017 12:03 PM EST
The aurora australis over Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on June 24, 2009. The photographer used a 3 second exposure to capture this image. (Date image taken: June 24, 2009; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: March 3, 2017)
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03/07/2017 12:03 PM EST
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A Commerson's dolphin, or "panda dolphin," follows the research vessel Laurence M. Gould as it travels down the Strait of Magellan on its way to Palmer Station across the Drake Passage. These dolphins are indigenous to the Tierra del Fuego area in South America and the Drake Passage ...
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