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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.
An annular solar eclipse swept across a remote Antarctic corridor on Feb. 17, producing a ring of fire as the Moon partially obscured the Sun. Annularity lasted a little over two minutes along a ~383‑mile-wide path that included the Concordia research station, with a partial eclipse visible to about 176 million people in southern South America and southern Africa. The event ended around 9:27 a.m. EST. The article notes the next major sky show will be the total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026, expected to be viewable by billions of people, offering a different kind of celestial spectacle.