Night... Or day?

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2006-06-14 05:15pm

Care to guess which time of day this picture was taken?

It was taken at 10 minutes past midnight. I love this time of year, it never gets dark.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2006-06-14 06:07pm

Well it's not quite that bright here at midnight, but it is bright enough so that only the very brightest stars are visible.

It is kind of nice though. And the temperature is just right too, so you're not incinerated everytime you go outside.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2006-06-14 06:10pm

I'd go apeshit if it never got dark.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2006-06-14 06:34pm

Ahh, you Scandanavians with your crazy super seasons.

J · Post by J » 2006-06-14 06:48pm

RedImperator wrote:I'd go apeshit if it never got dark.

My sleep cycle would be so screwed up it wouldn't be funny. One day I'll be sleeping at 4am, the next 2pm and after that who knows. I might just end up taking 3 hour naps every 5-6 hours. It would be like having a permanent case of jetlag.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2006-06-14 06:51pm

I would also go insane if it never got dark, I need darkness to sleep. Although if I was in a place where it never got dark I guess I would get used to it.

Shit, it gets dark here around 9pm now and throughout the summer

Post by **RogueIce** » 2006-06-14 08:01pm

RedImperator wrote:I'd go apeshit if it never got dark.

Yes, finding fresh prey is so much harder in the daylight...

Anyway, I probably would too. I like the night. I like driving at night when it's dark out, and whenever I get the chance just being out at night is something I like to do. I can't really explain it, but it's just something soothing or calming about the night sky.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2006-06-14 08:12pm

How did 'Batman Begins' me put it?
'Bats are nocturnal'.
How am I supposed to function if it never gets dark?

Besides, this would wreak havoc with my sleep cycle.

Spin Echo · Post by **Spin Echo** » 2006-06-14 08:12pm

RedImperator wrote:I'd go apeshit if it never got dark.

Not quite apeshit, but the midnight sun and winter darkness make me feel mildly bipolar sometimes. My first summer in scandinavia, I was living in student housing which had nice, thick curtains which blocked out all the sunlight. The following summer, I was living with my signifiant other, who comes from waaay up north and only had thin curtains, being used to the sun at all hours of the day. I couldn't sleep. I'd just toss and turn for hours and not surprisingly be very cranky the next morning. Fortunately, the purchase of a black curtain solved that problem.

I find it really easy to lose track of time as well. I'll start reading or working on something at say, 6pm. After a while, I feel like I've been been at it for an hour or two, but when I check the time, its 11pm.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2006-06-15 01:21am

Yay! White Nights! I miss them so.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2006-06-15 02:29am

RedImperator wrote:I'd go apeshit if it never got dark.

Try and visit during the winter months. At 4PM it's dusk, at 6PM it's pitch black and doesn't get bright again until 10-11AM next day. It's alot easier to go apeshit when it's hardly ever bright.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2006-06-15 04:45pm

Pah, half the time when I go to sleep it's light out already (as in, it's gone past dark, back into light). I would actually dearly love to live somewhere where it's light all night. That would be ridiculously awesome. I can guarantee there would be some cool midnight shenanigans.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2006-06-15 04:59pm

Of course where it is light all night it will also be dark all day....

That might be just as bad.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2006-06-15 05:12pm

All day day doesn't seem too good.

All day night, I'd love. I'm an inveterate stargazer and would be happy.

Spin Echo · Post by **Spin Echo** » 2006-06-15 05:38pm

Vanas wrote:All day day doesn't seem too good.

All day night, I'd love. I'm an inveterate stargazer and would be happy.

The long hours of dark above the arctic circle comes with the mixed blessing of the northern lights. When they are good, they are absolutely spectacular. When they are not, they're just annoying light pollution. You don't get them all the time though; they just seemed to be conspiring against us this past winter when we would ski out away from civilization to stargaze.

Post by **Edi** » 2006-06-16 01:43pm

RedImperator wrote:I'd go apeshit if it never got dark.

Note to self: If ever need to torture RedImp, kidnap him in summer and put him in a glass house without curtains somewhere in northern Lapland for a few weeks...

I like summer, the long winter nights are a lot more depressing, especially in the city where you can't rewally see the stars from all the light pollution. But above the Arctic circle with the midnight sun, that'll really fuck up your sleep cycle, what with the sun just doing a circle around the sky.

Edi

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2006-06-16 01:49pm

I too would like an "All Night Day" rather then an all "Day day."

I love the night and I function very well in the dark. I love the cold as well and, living in the lan of 115* summers, a feew days or weeks without the sun would be quite welcomed. Plus the stars, god, I can only imagine the views of the sky.

Medic · Post by **Medic** » 2006-06-16 11:57pm

His Divine Shadow wrote:Care to guess which time of day this picture was taken?

It was taken at 10 minutes past midnight. I love this time of year, it never gets dark.

You sir, are out of your mind. When it's 2130 and the sky isn't black yet I'm pissed the fuck off. I need the dark to sleep.

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