The light stays sharp well into the evening, the sky a dusky purply blue that doesn’t fade so much as deepen.
—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Antarctica in mid-winter is bathed in a dusky half-light or shrouded in darkness, with the sun's orbit ensuring the warming rays no longer reach the icy landmass.
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