At the summer solstice, the sun rises in Stornoway at 4.20 am, and sets at 10.35pm. It does not get wholly dark, as a glimmer of light remains on the northern horizon. Effectively, it does get a little dark after 11.45pm. It starts to get light again by 3 am. The birds are very busy, with the blackbirds feeding a large chick in the back garden yesterday. When I watch the 10pm BBC News, it is fully light outside. Down in London, it is pitch dark, and I smile.
In winter, the sun rises at 9.15am and sets again at 3.35pm. On cloudy and / or rainy days, the streetlights remain on all through the day. The long evenings become evident in late April.
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We of course never that here in Washington. Although our sunset is getting later and our sunrise earlier. But at this level on the globe...we do have a period of total darkness during the late night and early morning hours. I would love to go high up in Alaska or somewhere where that happens...Linda in Washington state
ReplyDeleteI had hoped so much that I would be at Summer Solstice in Glastonbury this year.... ::sigh:: Ah well....some day...
ReplyDelete~Amy
LOL... that is so cool that you have all the light up there!!! ENjoy!
ReplyDeletebe well,
Dawn
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