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This composite shows the total lunar eclipse of 8 September 2025 as seen from Concordia Station in Antarctica. Between 1:00 and 4:00 local time, the crew sequenced the Moon\u2019s passage through Earth\u2019s shadow, from bright silver to deep red and back again.<\/p>\n
While around 85% of the world\u2019s population had the chance to view this eclipse, Concordia offered a rare vantage point \u2014 perched on Dome C plateau at \u201380 \u00b0C,\u00a0just a few weeks after the first sunrise since May.<\/p>\n
Each year, ESA sponsors a medical doctor to live and work at Concordia through the long Antarctic winter. This year, Dr Nina Purvis from the United Kingdom has joined the DC21 crew \u2013 the 21st team to winterover at the station \u2013 to study how humans adapt to isolation, darkness and extreme cold. Her research will help prepare for future missions to the Moon and Mars.<\/p>\n
Follow Nina\u2019s updates and explore stories from past ESA-sponsored doctors on our\u00a0Concordia blog.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n