Sunday, June 20, 2010

Summer Solstice

The earth has moved in orbit so its 23.5 degree tilt is leaned toward the sun in the northern hemisphere now. That makes a huge difference this far north. We'll have just over five hours 'night' here on the Kenai Peninsula. The sunsets at 11:35 PM, but the northern sky still carries some light even at 2 AM. Sunrise is 4:41 AM which I keep missing for some reason.

Like most everybody else here in the 49th State we tend to go, go, go until we drop. Dinner is around 9 or 10 PM maybe, maybe not, and we seem to finally run of of steam around midnight or even 1 AM. The bedroom windows have been taped over with aluminum foil so we have a very nice "sleeping cave".

We just shook off seven straight days of rain, so having the sun back for this pagan time of the year is very, very nice. I'm not sure if we should worship the sun or our solar panels; maybe the panels are minor gods.

10:00 PM

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  1. ErinJune 21, 2010 at 6:30 AM

    Great sunset shot! I remember well the long days of June and greeting people we encountered at 10:00p with good morning instead of good night :-)))) This time we'll be in AK in August; the days won't be as long, but I'm sure we'll still fill every possible hour of sunlight (or should I say daylight :-))with fun things to do.

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  2. Shelia SaxtonJuly 9, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    Have been reading your blog since finding you on a G.S Forum...doing a great job and love your camera expertise. Lvg tomorrow for AK from PA and will blog for our g.children. Where do you find your graphics and how do I bring them over to my blog? This is my first attempt. Will not get to Kenai until the middle of Aug. Will you still be there? SS

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