Why did we put the clocks back?

[Gungnir]

Originally Posted by ben86

Do you have any midwinter pictures? From what I've seen in webcams from just above the Arctic Circle even though the sun doesn't actually rise above the horizon, if the skies are clear the twilight is bright enough for four or five hours to give the impression of being a relatively normal "day".

Nope, it's pretty dark and camera's want to use flashes (which eliminates the purpose of the shot) or need tripods set out and long exposures, which again eliminates the purpose of the shot. I'm just below the circle so we get a kind of dark twilight, and we do see the top edge of the solar disk for around 20 minutes or so on Dec 22nd, so the "day" would look a lot like in the 1am shot shown, but with more snow...

Basically in December it gets bright enough to work outside at about 11:00am, but by 2:00pm it's closing in again for the day, that said with the reflection from the snow, it's not that bad.

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by Gungnir

Nope, it's pretty dark and camera's want to use flashes (which eliminates the purpose of the shot) or need tripods set out and long exposures, which again eliminates the purpose of the shot. I'm just below the circle so we get a kind of dark twilight, and we do see the top edge of the solar disk for around 20 minutes or so on Dec 22nd, so the "day" would look a lot like in the 1am shot shown, but with more snow...

Basically in December it gets bright enough to work outside at about 11:00am, but by 2:00pm it's closing in again for the day, that said with the reflection from the snow, it's not that bad.

Thats crappy.

The sun is not up for long here but it is up for long enough that you can see it.

Basically it is dark to 9am and dark again at 4pm.

So if you are at work from 8am and back out at 4pm you won't see any sunshine.

[Gungnir]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Thats crappy.

The sun is not up for long here but it is up for long enough that you can see it.

Basically it is dark to 9am and dark again at 4pm.

So if you are at work from 8am and back out at 4pm you won't see any sunshine.

I retired 5 years ago, at the age of 40, I get to see the sun.

Although Alaska does have a serious suicide problem, probably from the effects of SAD. In the Summer it's never really dark (and people suffer insomnia) in the Winter it's never really light (and people suffer vitamin D deficiency, and SAD)

[dizzybint]

SO interesting Gungir I hadnt thought of SAD or vit D deficiency.. thats a great point..