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Old 04-30-2008, 10:32 PM
 
Location: Florida
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you're not nuts; I just moved here from the east coast(was born and raised on the gulf coast) and I fell in love with Juneau day one! I am amazed and awed so far everyday. It is take your breath away beauty and the people I've met are just the best! People I haven't met, but simply in passing are the best! Friendly,very talkative and helpful. I'm so in love.


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I must be nuts! Because I think I'm in love with Alaska. One day I will find out if it is true. But for now I will enjoy the fantasy from my safe haven here in the lower 48 state of Tennessee.
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Old 05-01-2008, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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I lived in Fairbanks for 8 years, loved it. Never had a problem with the daylight or darkness. During the summer months, Don't tell your kids to be home before dark. LOL
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Old 05-01-2008, 10:19 AM
 
Location: The Great State of Texas, Finally!
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I didn't have a problem with the longer days or sleeping when it was light, but I thank the US Navy and the countless round-the-clock shiftwork for the ability to sleep through sunlight. For me, the shorter, winter days played more tricks on me. After dinner and cleaning up the dishes, you'd watch a movie or read a book or whatever, and you look at the clock and it's only 5 in the afternoon but it's pitch dark, and you're thinking to yourself "What do I do for the next few hours before it's bedtime?" That's when the hibernation comes in....or you know if you're out on a trail or cross country skiing, you'd better think about wrapping it up between 2:30 and 3pm, otherwise carry night vision goggles.
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Old 04-20-2009, 07:06 PM
 
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how many hours of daylight does west palm beach have in the summer
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Old 04-20-2009, 07:36 PM
 
Location: Bliss Township, Michigan
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That's like 6000 miles away...no idea.
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Old 04-21-2009, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Singapore
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Sun and Moon Data for One Day

The following information is provided for West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida (longitude W80.1, latitude N26.7):
Sunday
21 June 2009 Eastern Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:01 a.m.
Sunrise 6:27 a.m.
Sun transit 1:22 p.m.
Sunset 8:17 p.m.
End civil twilight 8:43 p.m.


Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
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Old 04-21-2009, 06:21 PM
 
Location: Barrow, Alaska
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Sun and Moon Data for One Day

The following information is provided for West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida (longitude W80.1, latitude N26.7):
Sunday
21 June 2009 Eastern Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:01 a.m.
Sunrise 6:27 a.m.
Sun transit 1:22 p.m.
Sunset 8:17 p.m.
End civil twilight 8:43 p.m.


Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
Quite a few years ago I wrote a program that calculates sun information for a given longitude and latitude, which makes gathering that type of information rather easy. If all that one wants to know is how much more sunlight there is, a chart showing every 10 degrees of latitude is useful. The number of hours:minutes of civil twilight before dawn (which would be almost exactly the same as post-sunset civil twilight) and the number of hours the sun is above the horizon are the useful numbers. Basically "daylight" time would be twice the twilight time plus the sunlight time.

For June 21, 2009:

Latitude Twilight Sunlight
00 00:22 12:06
10 00:24 12:42
20 00:25 13:19
30 00:28 14:04
40 00:34 15:00
50 00:45 16:21
60 01:48 18:49
65 01:04 21:56
66 ------- 24:00

Note that at 60 degrees latitude there is only about 35 minutes of time that is darker than civil twilight, and at 61 degrees on June 21 it is never darker than civil twilight.

It can also be seen that from the equator to 40 degrees there is only about a 3 hour difference, and at both latitudes civil twilight lasts less than an hour. Farther north... the hours of direct sunlight and the length of twilight begin to get significantly longer.
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Old 04-21-2009, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Western Hoosierland
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When I do move to Alaska( after I finish HS and College) in 6-7 years I dont think I would have much of a problem adjusting to the winter summer thing. Most of the year when I go to school it is dark as night in the morning and within a hour or two of getting home it is as dark as night. The Summer I dont have a problem with constant sunlight either.
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Old 04-21-2009, 11:35 PM
 
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No daylight in the winter made me sleepy all the time. In the summer you will be in a store and they will say, "We are now closing..." and you'll be like "wtf?" because its so bright outside but then you look at your watch and it says its 10pm

you get lots of stuff done in the summer and you'll feel like an alcoholic when you walk out of a bar and it looks like its only noon
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Old 06-09-2011, 11:01 PM
 
Location: statesville,NC
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i am new here i hear alaska is totally a magnificent state i lived in hawaii but almost came to alaska but i chickened out and went home to NC where i was born we had snow here this year. but how much snow does alaska really get there and i know that daylight in summer is very long and winter short daylight thats why i chickened out to try living there, whats the best place to live thats cheap in rent?
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