Jan-13-2011, 04:54 PM (UTC)
(Jan-12-2011, 06:22 AM (UTC))Nuytsia Wrote: Mervi you do get light at some point at the winter solstice right? (am I right in thinking you have to be within the Arctic circle to get the days where the sun doesn't rise? or did I make that up?)
Thanks everyone for those pics!
Yes and yes. I'm living in the south, so I enjoy about 5 hours of daylight during the darkest time of the year. And yes, you have to go to the Arctic circle (or beyond) to experience both the polar night (or kaamos as we call it) and the polar day (yötön yö in Finnish, meaning "nightless night").
We have LOADS of snow right now, I really should try to take some photos and post them!
"Green nubs on the dry sticks of the clematis promised that the appearance of death was not death itself." - Ship of Destiny
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