SOUTH POLE (WCMH)– Sunday marks the start of austral autumn for the South Pole and that means six months with no sun.

While spring starts today for the Northern Hemisphere, for the South Pole things will be dark and cold for the next several months.

Researchers at the NOAA’s South Pole Atmospheric Baseline Observatory have to face a 9,305-foot altitude and temperatures dipping below -100F at one of the most inhospitable research sites on Earth, but there are benefits.

The landscape offers clear views of the southern constellations, streaking satellites, and the fluttering, evanescent, Aurora Australis from a view that few other humans have ever seen.What others are clicking on: