The midnight sun at Nordkapp, Norway.

Midnight sun in Lappland, Finland.

The midnight sun is a phenomenon occurring in latitudes north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun is visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather conditions, the sun is visible for a continuous 24 hours. Since there are no permanent human settlements south of the Antarctic Circle, the countries and territories whose population experiences it are limited to the ones crossed by the Arctic Circle, i.e. Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia and extremities of Iceland. A quarter of Finland's territory lies north of the Arctic Circle, and as a consequence the midnight sun can be experienced — for more and more days, the further north one goes. At Finland's northernmost point, the sun does not set for 73 days during summer. In Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost inhabited region of Europe, there is no sunset from approximately April 19th to August 23rd. The extreme sites are the poles where the sun can be visible for a continuous half year. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 307 KB)Midnight sun at Nordkapp, Norway. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 307 KB)Midnight sun at Nordkapp, Norway. ... County Finnmark District Municipality NO-2019 Administrative centre HonningsvÃ¥g Mayor (2005) Ulf Syversen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 119 925 km² 891 km² 0. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1,002 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1,002 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ... Lappland is the name of a geographical region in Sweden and Finland which can refer to: Laponia, or Lappland - a historical Province of Sweden and Finland Lapland, or Lappi/Lappland - a current Province and Region of Finland Part of Norrbotten County or Norrbottens län - a current County of Sweden... A natural phenomenon is a physical or non-artificial event. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ... World map showing the Arctic Circle in red A sign along the Dalton Highway marking the location of the Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... Zoomable PDF of the map this is based on The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. ... Official language(s) none Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... World map showing the Arctic Circle in red A sign along the Dalton Highway marking the location of the Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ...

The opposite phenomenon, polar night, is observed in winter when the sun is sufficiently below the horizon, so that there is insufficient sunlight or no light at all. (A lingering dusk may occur, if the sun is only 12 degrees or less below the horizon.) The polar night is the night lasting more than 24 hours, usually inside the polar circles. ... Horizon. ...

Since the Earth's axis is tilted with respect to the ecliptic by approximately 23 degrees 27 minutes (commonly rounded to 23 degrees and a half), the sun does not set at high latitudes in (local) summer. The duration of the midnight sun increases from one day during the summer solstice at the polar circle to approximately six months at the poles. At extreme latitudes, it is usually referred to as polar day. The length of the time when the sun is above the horizon varies from 20 hours at the Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle to 186 days at the poles. Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... The plane of the ecliptic is well seen in this picture from the 1994 lunar prospecting Clementine spacecraft. ... A solstice is either of the two events of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equatorial plane. ... The polar circles is a name for the Arctic and the Antarctic Circle. ...

At the poles themselves, the sun only rises once and sets once, each year. During the six months when the sun is above the horizon at the poles, the sun spends the days constantly moving around the horizon, reaching its highest circuit of the sky at the summer solstice.

Due to refraction, the midnight sun may be experienced at latitudes slightly below the polar circle, though not exceeding one degree (depending on local conditions). For example, it is possible to experience the midnight sun in Iceland, even though most of it (Grímsey being a notable exception) is slightly south of the Arctic Circle. Even the northern extremities of the British Isles (and those places on similar latitudes) experience a permanent "dusk" or glare in the northern skies at these times. Grímsey north of Iceland Grímsey is a small island 40 km north off the northern coast of Iceland, situated directly on the arctic circle, at 66°3317N, 018°0103W, with a highest elevation of 105 meters. ... Location of the British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands off the north west coast of continental Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland and a number of smaller islands. ...

White night

The Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg, drawn at white night.

Locations above 60 degrees latitude that are south of the Arctic Circle or north of the Antarctic Circle experience midnight civil twilight instead. The sun is at the horizon to 6 degrees below the horizon, so that daytime activities, such as reading, are still possible without resorting to artificial light, on the condition it is not cloudy. Image File history File links Liteyny_Bridge. ... Image File history File links Liteyny_Bridge. ... The Liteyny Bridge (Russian: ) is the second permanent bridge across the Neva river in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Twilight in Denmark, just after sunset Twilight in the midwestern US featuring Venus as a brilliant evening star and the crescent moon Finland - Lapland at midnight in July Twilight in Acapulco with Long time Exposure Early twilight in California, before sunset Twilight is the time before sunrise or after sunset...

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Effect on people

Many find it difficult to fall asleep during the night when the sun is shining. In general, visitors and newcomers are most affected; they are easily spotted in residential areas by the aluminium foil glued onto their bedroom windows to obtain darkness inside.^{[citation needed]} Some natives are also affected, but in general to a lesser degree. The effect of the polar night, that is, not experiencing day for long durations of time is said to cause "Seasonal Affective Disorder" or S.A.D. a type of depression caused by lack of natural light. High-intensity daylight-spectrum lamps and tanning beds are a popular solution for relief from S.A.D. The polar night is the night lasting more than 24 hours, usually inside the polar circles. ... Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, also known as winter depression is an affective, or mood, disorder. ...

Popular culture

• Midnight Sun is the name of a popular MUD game (Multi User Dungeon) http://midnight-sun.ludd.ltu.se:3328/

Writing

• "Midnight Sun" is the name a novel by Ramsey Campbell and also of a novel by RC Duggan.
• The movie Insomnia tells the story of a fictional police detective in Norway who suffers from insomnia due to, among other things, the midnight sun. A 2002 remake of the film is set in Alaska.
• Midnight Sun is also the name of a yet-to-be completed book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. It will be a companion to the first novel, "Twilight", only in the point of view of Edward Cullen.
• Midnight Sun appears in the opening lines - "There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold." - of the famous and striking poem by Robert W. Service (1874-1958) entitled "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
• Midnight Sun is the name of a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.

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Film and television

• The Midnight Sun is also the title of a Twilight Zone episode.
• Most of the plot of the movie White nights takes place during a midnight sun period in Siberia.
• Midnight Sun is the theme and title of an episode from TV-series taking place in Alaska, Northern Exposure, season 4.

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Music

• "Midnight Sun" is a Helloween song from their 1998' album Better Than Raw, written by Michael Weikath.
• The lyric "Where the northern lights are runnin' wild in the land of the midnight sun" referenced in a popular country song titled "North to Alaska" by the 1950s country music singer Johnny Horton.
• "Midnight Sun" is the title of a hidden track on the album Black Sails in the Sunset by AFI
• "Midnight Sun" is the title of a song on the album April Skies by Deine Lakaien
• "Midnight Sunrise" is a song by the Finnish band Turisas.
• "White Night Fantasy" is a song by Finnish band Nightwish. There is also reference in Ever Dream by Nightwish in the lyric "Your beauty cascaded on me, in this white night fantasy".
• The midnight sun is also mentioned together with northern lights in a song about Finland, titled The Land of Ice and Snow, by the Finnish Power Metal band Stratovarius.
• The Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music takes place during a Swedish white night, and has songs which revolve around this fact.
• "White Nights" is a short story by Dostoevsky.
• "Follow The Midnight Sun" is the title of a song on the album Midnight Sun by Maggie Reilly
• In Led Zeppelin's 1970 album, Led Zeppelin III, the "Midnight Sun" is referenced in the Immigrant Song "We come from the land of the ice and snow where the midnight sun and the hot springs blow " (in reference to Iceland)
• On the Comets on Fire album Blue Cathedral there is a song titled "The Antlers of the Midnight Sun"
• In The Outfield's song "Say It Isn't So", the song mentions "walking in the Midnight Sun once again".
• The Electric Light Orchestra hit song Do Ya opens with the singer mentioning "babies dancin' in the midnight sun".
• Warren Zevon's Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner hailed from the "Land of the Midnight Sun".
• Al Di Meola's debut jazz-fusion release on Columbia Records in 1976 was also called "Land of the Midnight Sun."
• Midnight Sun is also the name of Japanese film and drama, see Midnight Sun (film).
• Midnight Sun is the name of a Cirque du Soleil performance, that was held in Montreal, Canada in 2004
• Midnight Sun is the name of a Swedish heavy metal band. The band features Jonas Reingold of The Flower Kings.
• Midnattsol (Midnight Sun) is the name of a German/Norwegian heavy metal band fronted by Carmen Elise Espenæs.
• Midnight Sun is the name of a song on the 1983 Asia_(band) album Alpha_(album)
• "Land of the Midnight Sun" is the name of track 11 on Colin Hay's CD, Are You Lookin' At Me?

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See also

• Polar night - The opposite phenomenon experienced in winter: A day without sunrise.
• Land of the Midnight Sun

The polar night is the night lasting more than 24 hours, usually inside the polar circles. ... The Land of the Midnight Sun is sometimes referred to the northern regions of Canada, including Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. ...

External links

• (Norwegian) Video of a midnight sun at Mjelle in Norway