North of the Arctic Circle (66º 30' N), on Sunday 21, there will be full 24 h daylight.
Salekhard, Russia (66º 53') ): the sun barely touches the horizon, and then starts rising again.
Iqaluit, Canada (63º 43' N): daylight for 20h 12m
Anchorage, Alaska (61º 13' N): sunrise at 4:20, sunset at 23:42 , that's 19 h sunlight.
Antarctic Circle (66º 30' S): on Sunday, there is a brief peak of light on the horizon, a few seconds, and the Sun vanishes. More southernly, a long 24 hours night.
City
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Country
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Latitude
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Sunrise
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Sunset
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Day Length
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Greenland
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77° 29'
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None
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None
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24:00
|
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Norway
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69° 40'
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None
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None
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24:00
|
|
Alaska
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64° 54'
|
02:56
|
00:52
|
21:56
|
|
Alaska
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61° 09'
|
04:21
|
23:42
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19:21
|
|
Russia
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59° 53'
|
04:35
|
23:25
|
18:50
|
An excellent interactive map:
http://time.unitarium.com/events/longest-day.html
Have a nice Solstice !
1 comments:
And now I see how the arctic circle works: in the middle of summer, it becomes the top of the globe.
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