Eclipse in Antarctica

When I saw this terrific image of a total solar eclipse in Antarctica, distorted by atmospheric refraction, with a guy standing in front I was a bit disturbed by the fact that the moon's disc seems to be darker than the blue sky surrounding the corona, which isn't optically possible: this is the kind of thing pompe complains about in science-fiction illustrations. It makes some sense, though: the picture is a composite image designed to evoke what the event actually looked like, in the extremely limited range of brightnesses available to a picture on a computer. In the individual shots the moon isn't darker than the sky, but that may well be what your eyes would register were you there, because of the contrast with the brighter corona.

Taking the shots was apparently quite an adventure. (The guy standing in the shot is a fantasy/SF artist.)