{"id":131780,"date":"2021-12-04T13:44:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T21:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/in-photos-and-video-antarcticas-exclusive-eclipse-of-the-sun-attracts-intrepid-travelers-and-humpback-whales"},"modified":"2021-12-04T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T21:44:28","slug":"in-photos-and-video-antarcticas-exclusive-eclipse-of-the-sun-attracts-intrepid-travelers-and-humpback-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/in-photos-and-video-antarcticas-exclusive-eclipse-of-the-sun-attracts-intrepid-travelers-and-humpback-whales","title":{"rendered":"In Photos And Video: Antarctica\u2019s Exclusive Eclipse Of The Sun Attracts Intrepid Travelers \u2014And Humpback Whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J04GFN2Pq1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A total solar eclipse occurred early this morning across one of our planet\u2019s most remote and beautiful regions. It was, as always, utterly surreal.<\/p>\n<p>For some, the 1 minute 30 seconds (or so) event at around 07:00 UTC was marred by low and high cloud in the Scotia Sea. There were 14 cruise ships in the 290 miles-wide path of totality, but so far there have been no reports of clear views.<\/p>\n<p>While a view of the Sun\u2019s corona\u2013revealed only for the precious few moments of totality\u2013is the big prize for eclipse-chasers, the immense scale of the event is always incredible to be a part of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wound up much further to the north of where everyone else appeared to go around the South Orkney Islands,\u201d said says Tyler Nordgren, a space artist and former astronomy educator who will be lecturing for Betchart Expeditions on the M\/V Hondius. \u201cBut in the end, even though we had hints of sunlight at one point, all we experienced was the sudden rush of darkness as the moon\u2019s shadow passed overhead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full Story:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total solar eclipse occurred early this morning across one of our planet\u2019s most remote and beautiful regions. It was, as always, utterly surreal. For some, the 1 minute 30 seconds (or so) event at around 07:00 UTC was marred by low and high cloud in the Scotia Sea. There were 14 cruise ships in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}