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A NOAA ozonesonde -- an instrument used to help scientists monitor the Antarctic ozone hole -- ascends over the South Pole in this time-lapse photo taken October 21, 2020. Ideal weather conditions helped create a large, persistent ozone hole that will last into November 2020.
Large, deep Antarctic ozone hole to persist into November
October 27, 2020
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Early colors of a rising sun approach the horizon behind NOAA's Atmospheric Research Observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, September 8, 2018.
September 27, 2018
Photo feature: A ‘welcoming’ sun returns to the South Pole
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The sun goes down at the South Pole: The last light of autumn (March 20, 2018) bathes an array of flags from the 12 nations that were the original signatories on the 1959 Antarctic Treaty who pledged that they would pursue non-military, cooperative scientific research.
March 21, 2018
Featured photo: It’s lights out at the bottom of the world, for now
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This aircraft at the South Pole Observatory was the final flight out for scientists leaving ahead of winter in Antarctica. February 16, 2018.
February 22, 2018
Featured photo: Last call at the South Pole, for now
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Sunrise at the South Pole Observatory, September 19, 2017.
September 27, 2017
Featured photo: South Pole sees first sunrise in 6 months with arrival of spring
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Scientists and staff board the last scheduled flight from the South Pole for nine months. Photo taken February 15, 2017.
February 21, 2017
Photo: Last flight from the South Pole
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Going, going, gone: A NOAA weather balloon floats into the pre-dawn Antarctic sky over the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in this time-lapse photograph taken September 15, 2017. The balloon was carrying an ozonesonde -- instrument to measure ozone during NOAA's annual monitoring of the Antarctic ozone hole. Rising emissions of a strictly regulated chemical threatens recovery of the ozone hole, according to new NOAA research published in the journal Nature, May 16, 2018.
September 26, 2016
Photo: Time-lapse image of NOAA weather balloon over the South Pole
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The National Science Foundation’s Atmospheric Research Observatory illuminated by the sun approaching South Pole sunset in 2014.
June 15, 2016
South Pole is last place on Earth to pass global warming milestone
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The National Science Foundation’s Atmospheric Research Observatory illuminated by the sun approaching South Pole sunset in 2014.
March 18, 2016
Last light: Sunset at the South Pole
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This image of the southern hemisphere shows the ozone hole that typically forms over the South Pole during the austral spring.
February 26, 2016
NOAA, CIRES researchers track lingering U.S. emissions of ozone-depleting chemical
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