It is gray here today on Solstice, so we haven't seen much of that lovely northern sunlight. Phil took this picture of your house a few nights ago (when it was clear), just after midnight. He didn't use a flash, but he did use a long exposure. We wanted to show everyone what it is like in Alaska at night.
When I lived for a year in Fort Yukon (9 miles above the Arctic Circle) it didn't get dark at all in the summer months (but it also didn't get very light in the winter months). Currently we are listed at having 22 hours and 37 minutes of visible daylight. Unfortunately from today on it is all down hill. Tomorrow we lose two seconds of daylight and then that number will pick up and we'll start slowly returning to night. I think the Celts had it right, following Solstices and Equinox for marking the cycles of the year.
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