Alaska in the Summer

[Nanuq]

11:30pm and broad daylight. We're making up for winter and the Long Dark!

[gran]

Yes days are long and its great! No need for lume up where we live in the summer

[docthor]

sooooooooooooooooo beautiful   

[Smab]

Yes, sun sets after 11pm here in middle of Norway as well:-) Opposite, by end of December, sun sets before 2:30pm!

[Nanuq]

Opposite, by end of December, sun sets before 2:30pm!

Argh, don't remind me!

[martijnp]

Beautiful! 

[Derek Mc]

Not quite as long a day here in Scotland but I can still sit out till 11pm without the need for a porch light,,, It's wonderful

[dusk]

Wow Wee!

 

I'm into astronomy in winter big time. I bet your skies are stunning in the dark season dude. 

 

We have to travel pretty far to get away from light pollution here. 

[Nanuq]

Yeah Dusk, I walk out in my driveway and the Milky Way is a stark band across the sky.  With my handheld (image stabilizing) binoculars I can see the moons of Jupiter, and the terrain of the surface of the Moon where the impact craters disappear over its horizon are clear enough you can almost touch them.

 

Then the Northern Lights come out and you can convince yourself you hear them crackling as they dance around.

 

Yep ... stunning!

[Nightwatch]

Stunning and beautiful. Thanks for posting. Fantastic sense of space...

[dusk]

Yeah Dusk, I walk out in my driveway and the Milky Way is a stark band across the sky.  With my handheld (image stabilizing) binoculars I can see the moons of Jupiter, and the terrain of the surface of the Moon where the impact craters disappear over its horizon are clear enough you can almost touch them. Then the Northern Lights come out and you can convince yourself you hear them crackling as they dance around. Yep ... stunning!

Sounds utterly magnificent! You are very lucky to be so intimate with the cosmos. Get yourself a Celestron c8 with goto on astro mart buddy ;-)

[Ezio]

Damn nanuq its Amazing the view of course not the watch send it to me i throw it out for you haha

[Vegasvic]

Gorgeous shot! Watch ain't too shabby either!

[droptopman]

I was recently in Homer AK doing a consulting gig. Hardly slept for a week. Not use to it being light out that late....beautiful country though. Enjoyed my stay.

Sent from my droptop using telepathy.

[Nanuq]

Homer Alaska -- "A quaint drinking town with a fishing problem"

 

I'm surprised you got ANY sleep.  The constant daylight, the ocean, the Salty Dawg, the fishing, the hiking ... if you can scrape together 2 hours sleep / day you're doing well, and you're REALLY living the Alaskan experience.