July 10, 2007

Where the Sun Never Sets

Another cool thing from the trip to Prudhoe Bay was that we were so incredibly far north! Here's a picture of me and Tiff at the official Arctic Circle sign.

Up in Deadhorse, the Sun never set while we were there. In fact, it didn't even get close to the horizon. One of the coolest things for me personally was seeing the Sun and the Moon so close to each other at such low elevations. It really hammered home the feeling that we were in a very different place. Tiff and I went for a walk around 3am after we arrived in town, and it was really really fun just walking along the road (with a bottle of wine to keep us warm) and talking at 3am with the Sun acting like it wasn't even twilight time yet.

You just knew bussmann.bigwhoop.org was going to be surviving off this trip for another few days, didn't you...

Posted by Shane at July 10, 2007 9:29 PM
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Spoken like a true astronomer . . . .

Posted by: Jessica at July 11, 2007 11:33 AM
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