The Midnight Sun
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Description: Photos from interior Alaska of the Midnight Sun and tundra flowers, with links to more scientific information on the summer solstice.
midnight sun summer solstice Alaska tundra flowers midnight sun solstice Mt. McKinle Here in Anchorage Alaska, it just barely gets dark as the sun dips below the horizon in the middle of the night during the summer. But we wanted to see the real midnight sun. So the day before solstice this year, we packed up our van and drove about 500 miles to a spot where, thanks to its higher latitude and altitude, you can see the real thing. Eagle Summit reaches the highest elevation on the Steese Highway, a mostly gravel road northeast of Fairbanks. In that magic place, on June 21st, we saw the sun at midnight as it "touched" the horizon but did not set in the northern sky. To the south there was a nearly full moon, both orbs shining brightly in the dusky midnight sky.
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