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My younger brother visited us for the weekend of July 25th. July 25th was supposed to be the day the sun finally set again, so we drove to a place on the outside of Kvaløy that had a clear view to the north, and sat down to watch (it was a very pleasant night, with the temperature just barely dipping below 20 C).
The sun started to set...
And continued to set...
And couldn't quite seem to get there...
And started to come up again (whilst appearing to set fire to the clouds)...
And finally went behind the island, where it continued to rise.
Why this happenend?
Sunset times tend to be listed as when the center of the sun sets, not when the entire disc is out of sight. If we had had time the following day (which we didn't, as I needed sleep before my work week) we would have seen it actually set.
For as long as I have lived here, I've not thought of the midnight sun as anything but a sleep preventer - after all, most of the time it just looks like the daytime sun - but I have wanted to see it set and rise like this. While I didn't quite get to see it set, this is pretty much what I've wanted to see for four years :)
The sun started to set...
And continued to set...
And couldn't quite seem to get there...
And started to come up again (whilst appearing to set fire to the clouds)...
And finally went behind the island, where it continued to rise.
Why this happenend?
Sunset times tend to be listed as when the center of the sun sets, not when the entire disc is out of sight. If we had had time the following day (which we didn't, as I needed sleep before my work week) we would have seen it actually set.
For as long as I have lived here, I've not thought of the midnight sun as anything but a sleep preventer - after all, most of the time it just looks like the daytime sun - but I have wanted to see it set and rise like this. While I didn't quite get to see it set, this is pretty much what I've wanted to see for four years :)