Summer Solstice!

PetersCreek

PetersCreek

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It's all downhill from here, boys!

Here's the sunrise/sunset times from my little corner of the world, according to the US Naval Observatory:

The following information is provided for Chugiak, Anchorage Borough, Alaska (longitude W149.5, latitude N61.4):

Wednesday
21 June 2006........Alaska Daylight Time

Sunrise..................4:16 a.m.
Sun transit..............2:00 p.m.
Sunset...................11:44 p.m.

Normally, times are also included for the beginning and end of civil and astronomical twilight hours...but at this time of year, it doesn't get any darker than twilight between sunset and sundown.

So, if my math is correct, that's 19½ hours of official daylight...with 4½ hours of "Holy crap! It's that late???" time.
 
1st day of summer in Atlanta:

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It's HOT!

That's some crazy daylight hours you're getting up there!
 
I'm originally from Mississippi and moved all over the South...so I can almost feel the heat of days like that. Y'all can keep it! This Southern boy is tired of hot, sticky heat.
 
Pretty cool day here in Baghdad for the first day of summer. Probably just a measly 114 or so. :)
 
I'd love to be in Alaska someday for the summer solstice! :thumbs: A friend of mine did that about 20 years ago and said it was a unique experience.

I was watching an episode of "Cops" one night on Court TV where they were filming the Anchorage Police Department on the summer solstice. The video was unbelievable. :0 There it was, 10:30 p.m. and it looked like late afternoon, it NEVER got dark even at 1:00 a.m., just kind of like a dusk.

Again, I'd love to be there for that once in my life.

I've heard though that in the winter in Point Barrow, they don't see the sun for about two weeks! :laugh: I think the suicide rate up there is off the map! :0
 
This coming winter, the sun will set on Barrow, Alaska on Nov 18th at 1:46 PM. It will rise again...66 days later...on Jan 23rd at 1:06 PM.

I think I prefer the 18½-hour winter solstice night right where I am, thank you very much.
 
Summers here are glorious...although you wouldn't know it by today's weather. I didn't check the temp on my way out the door this morning but according to the weatherman, it's about 48°F at my house right now and should get to about 59°F later today...but it's a dreary and rainy today. Down South, these temps would've felt chilly-to-cold but up here, I find 'em quite comfortable. Personally, it wouldn't bother me in the least to never see it above 80°F here.

Or did you mean the temperature in Barrow? It's currently 38°F there.
 
I was in Soldotna for a few months and spent a month in Unalakleet. I think i spelled the names right. It was great having the long days, spent most of the time fishing.
 
I spent four months at the top of the Aleutian Islands working at the fisheries one summer in college. I was in Naknek. My shift was from 6pm to noon the following day, 7 days a week. Working those hours and what seemed like a prepetual sunlight was enough to make one crazy! However, it was one of the most beautiful places on earth. We celebrated the summer solstice on the beaches of the Bering Sea drinking rum and surrounded by bald eagles and the ever present mosquitoes. It was one of those times I will never forget.

edited for spelling, duh.
 
nfulton said:
We celebrated the summer solstice on the beaches of the Bering Sea drinking rum and surrounded by bald eagles and the ever present mosquitoes. It was one of those times I will never forget.
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Sounds like a very nice setting.

For those of you who mignt not be all that familiar with the bald eagles and/or mosquitos of Alaska, a page from the Peters Creek Alaskan Wildlife Notebook...

Bald eagles are the ones with white heads and shorter beaks. Eagle bites aren't nearly as annoying and draw less blood.
 
symyn said:
What is the temperature like?
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You'd be surprised, Anchorage is at a very low elevation and is on the coast so yes it gets cold in the winter but not AS cold at inland locations at higher elevations or the other end of the world like Point Barrow. :laugh:


PetersCreek said:
nfulton said:
We celebrated the summer solstice on the beaches of the Bering Sea drinking rum and surrounded by bald eagles and the ever present mosquitoes. It was one of those times I will never forget.
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Sounds like a very nice setting.

For those of you who mignt not be all that familiar with the bald eagles and/or mosquitos of Alaska, a page from the Peters Creek Alaskan Wildlife Notebook...

Bald eagles are the ones with white heads and shorter beaks. Eagle bites aren't nearly as annoying and draw less blood.
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LMAO!!
 
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