Midnight sun | midnight sun
Naturalphenomenonwhendaylightlastsformorethan24hours,occurringonlyinsideorclosetothepolarcirclesThemidnightsunisanaturalphenomenonthatoccursinthesummermonthsinplacesnorthoftheArcticCircleorsouthoftheAntarcticCircle,whenthesunremainsvisibleatthelocalmidnight.WhenthemidnightsunisintheArctic,thesuntravelstotheright,butinAntarcticaitisleft,unlikepolarnight.Details[edit]Aroundthesummersolstice(approximately21JuneintheNorthernHemisphereand23DecemberintheSouthernHemisphere),thesundoesnotsetbelowthe...
Natural phenomenon when daylight lasts for more than 24 hours, occurring only inside or close to the polar circles
The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the sun remains visible at the local midnight. When the midnight sun is in the Arctic, the sun travels to the right, but in Antarctica it is left, unlike polar night.
Details[edit]Around the summer solstice (approximately 21 June in the Northern Hemisphere and 23 December in the Southern Hemisphere), the sun does not set below the horizon within a 24 hour period. The number of days per year with potential midnight sun increases the closer one goes towards either pole. Although approximately defined by the polar circles, in practice the midnight sun can be seen as much as 90 km (55 miles) outside the polar circle, as described below, and the exact latitudes of the farthest reaches of midnight sun de...