Even though I have witnessed the natural phenomena of midnight Sun (or at least not so dark nights) every summer for several decades, it still continues to fascinate me. Especially powerful the effect is after having survived yet another dark winter, which is the flip side caused by the the same axial tilt of the Earth. In Singapore somebody flips the light switch at 7.30 PM and turns it back on at 7 AM practically all year round. So even after this systematic approach, it was yet again captivating to enjoy the summer solstice in Finland this June with close friends and family.
A quarter of Finland is located north of the Arctic Circle. This is where you get to experience the actual midnight Sun. I was celebrating the
midsummer festivities in the Central Finland, where the Sun does set, but only for few hours and it doesn't really get that dark at all. Only a dusk. I have heard from a number of foreign friends that they have actually trouble sleeping during Finnish summers when it is so light outside. My tip for all travellers is to close their eyes when sleeping.
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Picture taken at midnight on summer solstice.
That is not the Sun in the sky, but another coincidental celestial marvel: supermoon. |
PS. I have been lately wondering that there aren't likely many vampires living in Finland during the summer months. Then again they all would be having a field day all over lasting from September to March.
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