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FlyOrDie 12-14-2008 02:36 PM

Wintery Sunset
 
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/...163e61c8_b.jpg

Taken @ the in law's cabin in Wasilla, Alaska.

normajean21 12-14-2008 02:40 PM

that is neat. what time was it

FlyOrDie 12-14-2008 05:19 PM


Originally Posted by normajean21 (Post 518337)
that is neat. what time was it

About 4:30 pm

DitchDog 12-14-2008 07:40 PM

WOW! I love the effect from the trees....Beautiful Shot

normajean21 12-14-2008 07:52 PM

when is the 30 days of night.....or is it 3 months im not sure. do u know when that starts flyordie?

LeoSV 12-15-2008 10:52 AM


Originally Posted by normajean21 (Post 518533)
when is the 30 days of night.....or is it 3 months im not sure. do u know when that starts flyordie?

I believe it's 6 months and 6 months because of the axis tilt. the sun goes up and down in the summer, but never below the horizon, and vice versa in the winter, anywhere above the Arctic Circle, so I think it happens in Barrow, but not Anchorage. Don't know about Fairbanks though. Same effect south of the Antarctic Circle, with opposite results. I've never been to Alaska, so I'm not 100% sure.

jban642 12-15-2008 12:05 PM

Wow makes me want to come to AK. Great shots FOD

SkyWestPilot 12-16-2008 10:11 AM

Anchorage never gets the total darkness. Here's from today's paper:


Daylight : 10:10 AM - 3:41 PM
From Alaska.com"

Alaska gets as much daylight and darkness as anywhere else on earth over the course of a year; it's just distributed differently.

Summer is a time of long days. Above the Arctic Circle, the day can be 24 hours long or months long. In Anchorage, almost 400 miles south of the circle, the summer solstice day is 19.5 hours long.

Winter has much shorter days. Above the Arctic Circle, the night can last for months, although lingering twilight brightens the sky. In Anchorage, the shortest day still provides 4.5 hours of daylight.

Around the equinoxes in March and September, Alaska gets the same 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness the rest of the world does.

11Fan 12-16-2008 11:12 AM


Originally Posted by FlyOrDie (Post 518331)

Taken @ the in law's cabin in Wasilla, Alaska.


Levi,

Is that you?

:D

hotshot 12-16-2008 12:23 PM


Originally Posted by normajean21 (Post 518533)
when is the 30 days of night.....or is it 3 months im not sure. do u know when that starts flyordie?

I believe, as a general rule, anything north of 66.5° N gets at least one complete day of darkness and one complete day of daylight. The farther north in latitude the more days of complete darkness/sunlight you get.


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