Summer Solstice is a BIG deal in Alaska. I bet there were at least 10 large festivals / events here in Anchorage yesterday along with a marathon that draws running clubs from around the country. For Sherri and I, it has become a yearly tradition that we stay up almost all night with friends to watch the sunset (11:45pm) and then the sunrise a couple of hours later. It really is amazing to see the sun barely dip below the horizon.
It never gets totally dark here right now, the darkest it gets is more of a "dusk".
Next summer we are hoping to go to Fairbanks for Summer Solstice. They have a baseball game that has been named one of the top 10 "must see" games in all of baseball. The game starts at 10:30pm and ends around 1:30am and they play the entire game using no stadium lights. It is a game that draws baseball fans from around the country and we have never been, so I think next year it is time that we go!!
Here are some photos from last night!!
(Sunset, around 11:30PM)
(Sky getting lighter for sunrise, 2am.This is about as dark as it gets right now.)
2 comments:
Call me pessimistic, but summer solstice always makes me a little sad. I hate the thought that every day from here on out is going to be shorter than the last one. I love the energy from so much sunlight!
Yeah, I would agree with that. It is probably a little different here because of how light it is all of the time from basically late April till August. Some darkness is sort of a welcomed thing. We still have about 2 months before the sun starts setting before 10pm, so for us the "light" period seems to last a long time.
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