The Midnight Sun

I find myself telling people over here in Los Angeles about the midnight sun and how it is only visible to the northernmost countries of the world. Alaska, Canada, Norway, Finland, Russia, Iceland, Greenland (Denmark that is) and Sweden can all see it if the location is in the northern regions of said countries. People down in Stockholm can not view the midnight sun since they are south of the arctic circle.

Some fast facts:

Midnight sun is a phenomenon that occurs for the northernmost regions of the world because of earths tilted axis. Because of this, all northern regions are subject to long sun exposure during summertime. The farther north you are, the more days of uninterrupted sunlight. The most extreme being The Arctic and Antarctic poles where the sun does not set for 6 months.

Some examples of midnight sun:


Kiruna, Sweden



Nordkapp, Norway

That concludes this post. Hope this illuminated the minds of some people out there!