Michigan marked Monday’s winter solstice with a roughly nine-hour day from sunrise to sunset, and most of us were treated to gray, cloudy skies. But the shortest day of the year here in The Mitten was nothing compared to the tiny window of daylight afforded to people in Alaska yesterday.
The National Weather Service office in Fairbanks, Alaska released a cool time-lapse video of their solstice day. It clocked in at about three hours and 40 minutes. Sunrise was at 10:59 a.m. They hit solar noon at 12:49 p.m., and by 2:40 p.m., the sun had set.
In the video below you can see the sun barely making it above the Alaska Range.
“The Winter Solstice in Fairbanks has a unique beauty to it. Here’s a time-lapse view from our office of the 3 hours and 42 minutes between sunrise and sunset, with the sun barely rising above the Alaska Range to our south,” NWS staff said in a Facebook post.
While their daylight hours may have been miniscule, they did get to see the sun, which is more than most of us have gotten so far this week. We see you, Alaska, and we’re a little jealous.
As far as sunshine, we do have a chance to see some later this morning and this afternoon across parts of Michigan. So get your sunglasses ready ... just in case.
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