Tag: daylight
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Twilight III, Week 10 in Healy
Photo at 3:13 a.m. on May 23 We have over 19 hours of daylight, less than 5 hours of civil twilight, and ZERO nautical or astronomical twilight. May 20 was the last nautical twilight in Healy for awhile. It is never dark & is greening up so fast! I can almost see the buds unfurling…
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Steese Highway
We spent the weekend traveling the Steese Highway, which brings travelers within 50 miles of the Arctic Circle. Be sure to stop at Chatanika Lodge for a meal (likely a great place to spend the night too). It is a quirky & fascinating Alaskan backwoods “museum” that you can explore while waiting for your delicious…
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Twilight II, Week 7 in Healy
The days are changing so fast. We are up to 17 hours of daylight and it is never very dark. We have no true night and no astronomical twilight. I was curious what nautical twilight looks like and took some photos when the clouds were mostly covering the moon. In real life there was plenty…
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Twilight, Week 6 in Healy
In my recent “Daylight” post I mentioned astronomical twilight and wondered how dark that was. It was a new moon, so there was no moonlight to add brightness. Since I was up anyway for the aurora, it was a good time to see just how dark astronomical twilight is. The light level was similar to…
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Daylight, Week 5 in Healy
The days are so long already. I heard – then confirmed – that we have had no night since April 11. Our cycle is a mix of daylight and twilight for months to come. According to timeanddate.com, Daylight is 15 hours and 29 minutes today in Healy. The sun rises over the nearby ridge a…
Me & C 