Today in-between running two research sessions, after lunch I took a stroll outside. There was some light - so for once I did not need a head torch.

Credits: ESA/IPEV/ENEA-A. Kumar

Everything had changed. I was in an alien land. I was so used to the dark, navigating one footstep at a time, only seeing as far as the artificial light from my head torch shone. Around me it used to be pitch black. Now for a few hours a day, the Sun remains trapped below the horizon but you get the feeling that it is bursting at its seams to rise above the horizon. (more...)