A Time-lapse of Antarctica's Midnight Sun

We are nearing the winter solstice, so anyone below the 66.5 south latitude line (the Antarctic Circle) is experiencing continuous sunlight. The sun is not static, though. Instead of rising and setting, the sun goes around in a circle in the sky. Pretty cool, huh? Unless you are trying to sleep. Dave McKeegan set up a camera and live-streamed this at normal speed for 24 hours, although less than three hours remain of that livestream. This time-lapse version shows us the entire day in less than a minute. Meanwhile, the North Pole is experiencing continuous darkness, but that's okay because it's an ocean (except for Santa's workshop). A commenter from Norway said they are experiencing a 24-hour moon right now.

However, most of the comments are rants over the shape of the earth. Are we really still arguing about that? Flat-earthers (flerfs) decried the video as fake or else justified the weird movement of the sun somehow, while those who consider the earth as round (globies) textually rolled their eyes. It turns out that McKeegan went to the Antarctic for the express purpose of recording this video to prove the earth is round, as part of the expedition called The Final Experiment. At least I learned a couple of new slang words. (via Fark)