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Just in case you were wondering
Our stats for sunrise and sunset today according to Weather Underground:
Sunrise: 10:55 AM AKST
Sunset: 2:52 PM AKST
;_;
Adding insult to injury, the sun won't actually shine on our house until early February, because the sun is so low on the horizon at this time of year that it doesn't rise above the hill to the south of us. What this looks like is that the sky gets clear and blue, and the yard gets sort of bright, like a densely cloudy day ... and then sunset happens. Repeat until February.
(The light also has a pinkish cast all day long, like sunset, because the sun never rises above that low sunset angle. On the bright side, we do have awesome winter sunsets that last all day, allowing for the fact that "day" is three hours long.)
Just in case you were thinking about moving to Fairbanks.
Sunrise: 10:55 AM AKST
Sunset: 2:52 PM AKST
;_;
Adding insult to injury, the sun won't actually shine on our house until early February, because the sun is so low on the horizon at this time of year that it doesn't rise above the hill to the south of us. What this looks like is that the sky gets clear and blue, and the yard gets sort of bright, like a densely cloudy day ... and then sunset happens. Repeat until February.
(The light also has a pinkish cast all day long, like sunset, because the sun never rises above that low sunset angle. On the bright side, we do have awesome winter sunsets that last all day, allowing for the fact that "day" is three hours long.)
Just in case you were thinking about moving to Fairbanks.
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That is SO DEPRESSING.
...sorry.
I've been all ooh sun here in glorious sunny southern... England. Because compared with Sweden, you know. It kind of is? And I bet that's what my part of Sweden would feel like to you. XD
Hang in there!
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hahahahaha YESSSSS. Years ago, when I was in college, I still remember going to Seattle in the wintertime on a school trip and being all blown away at how warm and wonderful it was! Because at home, of course, it was -30 and there was snow everywhere and no sun. *g* (Actually, my brother-in-law lives near Seattle and we were just Skyping with them a few days ago and making them hold the laptop up to the window so that we could moan over how GREEN everything is.)
I just spent two weeks visiting my family in "the south" (Anchorage), which I think is a similar latitude to Stockholm (perhaps a degree or two farther north) and even though it was stupidly cold and there was still snow everywhere, it was really noticeable how much longer the days were, and how much brighter.