Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Night of the Midnight Sun

This summer, I will be here for the night of the midnight sun. This is 24-hour period when the sun never sets. I have attached a picture of a post card of time-lapsed images that does a good job of capturing this event.

This is something I was expecting and am looking forward to, however the part that is taking me by surprise, but makes sense in retrospect, is that there is a gradual build up to this day/night. It has not been truly dark out in all of my time here so far in Norway. While we were in Kjerringoy last week, I made it a point to take 3 pictures between midnight and 1 a.m. I am posting the 3 images below in chronological order to share how dark it did/didn’t get last week.

The photos below, in order, are:

  1. A post card of the Midnight Sun
  2. It's nearly "dark" out
  3. The sun is behind the mountain. It's "dark" out now.
  4. A little past 1 a.m. and it's getting light out again



























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