Just in case you were wondering

[sholio]

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.

Comments

[mitchy]

Y'know, I'm pretty sure one of the reasons I friended you was so I could find out what it's like living somewhere like Fairbanks. It's the logistics of living somewhere as vast and as remote as Alaska that fascinates me. Town/city living must be different and how you all cope with the dark and the cold in winter and how you get fresh foodstuff like vegetables and how expensive things must be that require supplies from "outside". Have you written about this earlier in your LJ because if so, I'd really like to learn more about Fairbanks :) Just for interest :)

[astridv]

Yeah man, as pretty as those summer photos of yours look, and as enticing the thought is to live with so much nature, all I have to do is think about your winters and the urge to want to live there passes. We're on the same latitude as Vancouver here and I can barely stand it in December.

Roommate just asked me if I was ready to clean up the attic - I said, no way I'm going in a room with no window while there's still half an hour of daylight left.

But it gets much easier after solstice, at least. Must be psychological.

[madripoor_rose]

I've sometimes daydreamed about living in Alaska. I love cold weather and snow, and left to my own devices I'm nocturnal anyway...bright sunlight hurts my eyes.

[ratcreature]

It's consoling that some people have to live with even less daylight. Suddenly the sunrise/sunset here (today: 8:36/16:09) doesn't seem all that bad anymore in comparison.

[naye]

D: D: D:

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!