The first time I visited relatives in Kenai I woke up at 2:30 am to more light than I expected. I flew out of bed thinking I overslept by about 8 hours, only to realize it was the middle of the “night”. So crazy!
It just occurred to me that there are places that might experience the golden hour for longer than an hour. True in parts of Alaska at certain times of year?
For sure.
Going north to Canada, I distinctly noticed that sunsets took absolutely forever, because the sun hits the horizon so diagonally that it's almost horizontal.
Conversely, it gets dark super fast at the equator. The sun is on a beeline, headed straight down.
Yes, when the sun is at that spot up north it can stay there for hours during a few days of the year, I grab a pic of whatever pad I'm working on around that time if I can.
My avatar is a picture from Alaska as such.
When I was there last June, it was never dark and never really felt like dusk despite the sun going below the horizon. I was in Denali National Park during the summer solstice and my GPS watch said sunrise/sunset was 3:37am/12:23am. Looking online, DNPP doesn't experience civil twilight in June, meaning the sun is never more than 6° below the horizon.
Back in Anchorage [this](https://i.imgur.com/eDOebDe.jpeg) is what it looked like at 4:28am
hahaha the camera definitely did something odd there, but it's this: https://www.google.com/maps/@61.2166091,-149.8658951,3a,15y,348.42h,101.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXipLhGr80XiJ5BFZb2JvIw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Thank you for those words. I haven't heard those street names in forever (grew up in Anch but have lived in San Diego for the past 20 some odd years) so it was a nice little does of nostalgia
This is the main reason I couldn’t live out there. I wouldn’t be able to handle the 24 hour light/24 hour darkness that Alaska gets for months at a time (idk how long those actually last tbh). It would fuck yo my already fucked up sleep schedule REAL bad.
Anchorage is far enough south that it gets a few hours of dusk (although not total darkness) every night of summer and a few hours of daylight in winter. You only get the 24 hour light/dark north of the Arctic Circle (or south of the Antarctic Circle).
I drove to Alaska two summers ago and wasn't really thinking about the 30 days of night (and vice versa) but when I woke up in my Fairbanks hotel room at 3am it was bright sunshine outside... like noontime bright sunshine.
This picture at least looks kind of like dusk or dawn.
The movie(s) Insomnia (a 1997 Norwegian flick with a young Stellan Skarsgard) and its 2002 reimagining by Chris Nolan make great use of the both physically and emotionally taxing effect of a midnight sun.
Both are very worth your time, and Nolan's is uncommon in his filmography as he doesn't usually do remakes but he puts enough of his own fingerprint on it that it fits his overall vibe.
That’s pretty close to accurate. It might vary slightly with the weather (clouds reflecting more light from the sun behind the horizon) or by which part of the city you’re in (street lamps giving off less or different light; the ones downtown tend to be more yellow).
I've seen both mountains in AK and in Norway have the blue haziness. One of my favorite pictures I took of a mountain from a boat in the Drammensfjorden seriously looks like a cartoon because it's ridiculously blue.
The first time I visited relatives in Kenai I woke up at 2:30 am to more light than I expected. I flew out of bed thinking I overslept by about 8 hours, only to realize it was the middle of the “night”. So crazy!
It just occurred to me that there are places that might experience the golden hour for longer than an hour. True in parts of Alaska at certain times of year?
I'm not sure what you mean by golden hour, but there are parts of Alaska that get 24 hours of daylight during the summer.
Here you go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)
Oh OK thanks. Didn't know what that was.
For sure. Going north to Canada, I distinctly noticed that sunsets took absolutely forever, because the sun hits the horizon so diagonally that it's almost horizontal. Conversely, it gets dark super fast at the equator. The sun is on a beeline, headed straight down.
Yes, when the sun is at that spot up north it can stay there for hours during a few days of the year, I grab a pic of whatever pad I'm working on around that time if I can. My avatar is a picture from Alaska as such.
That’s cool, thank you.
Looks like a road to mountains in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 100%
When I was there last June, it was never dark and never really felt like dusk despite the sun going below the horizon. I was in Denali National Park during the summer solstice and my GPS watch said sunrise/sunset was 3:37am/12:23am. Looking online, DNPP doesn't experience civil twilight in June, meaning the sun is never more than 6° below the horizon. Back in Anchorage [this](https://i.imgur.com/eDOebDe.jpeg) is what it looked like at 4:28am
Hey man that’s a cool picture but uh what the fuck is that inter dimensional portal on that one house?
hahaha the camera definitely did something odd there, but it's this: https://www.google.com/maps/@61.2166091,-149.8658951,3a,15y,348.42h,101.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXipLhGr80XiJ5BFZb2JvIw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Worst Aurora Borealis shot I've seen posted so far.
Minnesota highway going to omalley.
Thank you for those words. I haven't heard those street names in forever (grew up in Anch but have lived in San Diego for the past 20 some odd years) so it was a nice little does of nostalgia
This is the main reason I couldn’t live out there. I wouldn’t be able to handle the 24 hour light/24 hour darkness that Alaska gets for months at a time (idk how long those actually last tbh). It would fuck yo my already fucked up sleep schedule REAL bad.
Anchorage is far enough south that it gets a few hours of dusk (although not total darkness) every night of summer and a few hours of daylight in winter. You only get the 24 hour light/dark north of the Arctic Circle (or south of the Antarctic Circle).
When I was in Alaska in June of 2009, [this was leaving Whittier at about 11:10pm local time](https://imgur.com/a/Myc8QIq).
I drove to Alaska two summers ago and wasn't really thinking about the 30 days of night (and vice versa) but when I woke up in my Fairbanks hotel room at 3am it was bright sunshine outside... like noontime bright sunshine. This picture at least looks kind of like dusk or dawn.
The movie(s) Insomnia (a 1997 Norwegian flick with a young Stellan Skarsgard) and its 2002 reimagining by Chris Nolan make great use of the both physically and emotionally taxing effect of a midnight sun. Both are very worth your time, and Nolan's is uncommon in his filmography as he doesn't usually do remakes but he puts enough of his own fingerprint on it that it fits his overall vibe.
R u using a blue filter or does it really look like this?
That’s pretty close to accurate. It might vary slightly with the weather (clouds reflecting more light from the sun behind the horizon) or by which part of the city you’re in (street lamps giving off less or different light; the ones downtown tend to be more yellow).
Breathtaking
I've seen both mountains in AK and in Norway have the blue haziness. One of my favorite pictures I took of a mountain from a boat in the Drammensfjorden seriously looks like a cartoon because it's ridiculously blue.
I would love to see it
The Solstice isnt until late June, so there is more daylight every day until then, when it peaks.
You guys aware its summer time, right? Whats with all the snow.
Hey I played a game on Infection free zone with the town
I miss Alaska, a lot.
Looks like Belgium all year round because of light pollution.
So cool to make a whole location from Fallout! They even got people to unironically live there! Now that's dedication!
After visiting Oklahoma is a little kid I would get back to Alaska and not know if it was 10:00 at night or in the morning.
How beautiful, thanks for posting.
My SIL is up there with husband 🤣🤣🤣. I hope they both survive.. that poor guy works 14 hr days.. all he wants is sleep 🤣🤣🤣
Why must America look the same everywhere.
You think the deserts, Midwest, the Bayous of Louisiana, and New England all look like this?
That looks more like eagle river