Antarctica’s lone eclipse photo: improvised filter captures ring-of-fire over Concordia

A remote team at Antarctica’s Concordia Research Station witnessed a rare annular (ring-of-fire) solar eclipse on Feb. 17, 2026. With other bases like Mirny clouded out, photographer Andrea Traverso improvised a solar filter from mylar sheets and cardboard to lens, producing the only known Earth photo of the event, which was later shared by the European Space Agency.