Tha Midnight sun
By Starmaiden
@Starmaiden (9311)
Canada
May 22, 2018 9:31pm CST
This is the time of year for the Midnight Sun in the Northern Hemisphere. From May until July, just north of the Arctic Circle, the Sun makes loops around the arctic north, never setting until mid July when it once again makes its way south of the Equator to the Southern Hemisphere circle. The photo above is a stock photo taken of the Midnight Sun in Alaska. It is truly an amazing phenomenon.
Here's why our round-the-clock daylight is weird and wonderful.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
23 May 18
@Starmaiden It will be hard this year, I still have some urgent things to do. May be we are going the next year.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 May 18
@LadyDuck These things need to be planned a year or a few months in advance. If I had the money to travel, I'd be there in a minute. 
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 May 18
It is truly a spectacular time of the year for those who live North of the Arctic circle. If you go show us the photos when you return. 
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 May 18
It is. My brother lives very close to the Yukon and he experiences daylight at midnight.
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@mnglsp (3614)
• Philippines
23 May 18
@Starmaiden Wow. I want to live next to there too.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
24 May 18
That was one thing I wanted to do - visit Norway and Alaska.and experience the land of the midnight sun
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 May 18
oh yes, we learned that in world history: land of the midnight sun, land of fiords, land of the morning calm, land of the rising sun, pearl of the orient, land of milk and honey.
if the sun never sets, does it also give scorching heat?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 18
@Starmaiden hmm, i can imagine that. but is the heat from the sun's rays just enough to keep the skin tanned and not sunburned?a sunburn is more serious than the sun tan.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 May 18
In the article I included it says that you are more likely to get sunburned while you are standing up rather than lying flat out in a beach towel. This is because of the low angle sun. It hugs the horizen but doesnt set below it until mid july in some parts of the far north and mid August near the North Pole.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
24 May 18
@ridingbet Whether you tan or burn depends on how much care you take of your skin in the sun. Long periods in the sun at a time will result in a burn. Shorter periods, 15 minutes or less will result in a nice tan by the end of summer. Its the same in the North as it is in the lower latitudes.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 May 18
@Shiva49 During the winter months in the far northern and southern latitudes, the sun never rises, so the nights are six months long. Six months without daylight in the Autumn and winter and six months without darkness in the Spring and summer.
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@Shiva49 (26204)
• Singapore
24 May 18
@Starmaiden I would feel in a different world then! siva
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
23 May 18
The sun is lighting a direct path.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
24 May 18
@nela13 In the higher northern latitudes, closer to the North pole, the sun stays up for almost six months. Vice versa in the winter months. In the lower latitudes, on or just above the Arctic Circle, the sun grazes the horizon and doesn't set for about 3 months.
I have a friend in Yellowknife NWT, Canada and he says the sun will set for three hours per day before it rises again during the summer months. In the winter months the sun will rise for three hours a day before setting again.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 May 18
At midnight and all through the night and day for a few months.
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