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There is nothing like all day sunset colors in Antarctica when the sun no longer rises above the horizon. The sun hovers below it, circling until the the earth's orbit around the sun causes it to tilt away from it so sunlight no longer reaches the continent below the Antarctic Circle. Then gradually all "day" dimness then darkness sets in for the long haul.
Physical geography is noticeable all the time, but in Antarctica it's exaggerated because of it's location on the planet. This photo of Mount Discovery, a dormant volcano, and the sea trying to freeze below it, was taken on the day of the last sunset. After this day, for this location, the sun no longer appears above the horizon, but just below it, and the pastel colors continue for hours. They deepen as the sun gets lower below the horizon within days.
Darkness does not come instantaneously, it's gradual, and then it stays. Everyday is an adventure of changing colors to photograph during this localized astronomical transition. This photo is a stitched panorama of multiple photos taken with a tripod in very low light.
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