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Yesterday was the last day of sunshine for Barrow, Alaska until January 22 or 23, when they get their next sunrise over there. To me, this is really incredible how they have complete darkness for more than 2 months. And then, for 2+ months, they have constant 24 hour sunshine (from around May 12 to around August 1).
It's one of my life's ambitions to go to the Arctic and see the midnight sun and the polar night. I've been far enough north where it was still light enough to sit outside reading a newspaper at 1am but not where the sun never actually set. One good thing I suppose about those locations is that the period of midnight sun is longer than the polar night with the extra refraction caused by the angle the Sun's rays hit the atmosphere, also the twilight is much longer than at lower latitudes at any time of year. One bad thing though is that you won't realistically get to experience a lot of the very few hours of sunshine most Arctic locations get, considering that a lot of that sun will be during sleeping hours in the summer.
We need to distinguish between sunshine hours and daylight hours.
I think so too. I think sunshine hours also include daylight hours. Had this problem when comparing where I live to Adelaide, forgetting that there's several degrees difference in latitude that will always skew the hours towards Adelaide's favor. Melbourne is most similar city to where I live, in terms of sunshine hours, and latitude is only 2° difference not 5
I think so too. I think sunshine hours also include daylight hours. Had this problem when comparing where I live to Adelaide, forgetting that there's several degrees difference in latitude that will always skew the hours towards Adelaide's favor. Melbourne is most similar city to where I live, in terms of sunshine hours, and latitude is only 2° difference not 5
Always?? More hours available for sunshine in Adelaide in winter - and more available for you in summer!
It's the cold that would bother me, not the lack of sun so much ( especially when there would be a summer to come! )
A two-month tropical night sounds intriguing, to say the least.
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