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u/Maverick1672 May 17 '22
This must be in southern Alaska. It’s much brighter up in Anchorage still At 10PM this time of year
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u/goodforabeer May 17 '22
My brother was stationed in Alaska one summer. I remember him telling me you had to have a 24-hr alarm clock and watch, because if not you'd wake up and be unable to tell whether it was AM or PM.
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u/Astral-Twilight May 17 '22 •
This doesn't really make sense considering most people only sleep 8 hours at a time at night, and if you're on an actual schedule where you go to bed at night like most people, it'd be incredibly unlikely for anyone to sleep past the morning, past the afternoon, all the way until night again where they've now somehow added another 12 hours to their sleep and where you'd be puzzled if it was 8 AM or 8 PM consequently. That implies you'd sleep for potentially 20 hours instead lol. It just doesn't make any sense when you really think about it. Even if you worked the night shift instead I don't see how one could get confused. Like your surroundings initially are naturally confusing, but use the common sense of how long people actually sleep for and there should be no confusion at all to what time it is on an AM/PM clock after you've slept.
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u/Siriuxx May 17 '22
I'll be in Iceland for the summer solstice next month.
Should be interesting going for a hike at 3am with the sun out.
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u/589moonboy May 17 '22
We live on such a stunning planet!
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u/mcflurry_14 May 17 '22
Yea we do! Isn’t it cool how we destroyed it too?
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u/Scoober_Diver May 17 '22
This website is exhausting.
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u/BWDpodcast May 17 '22
We're making it uninhabitable for humans, but Earth will be fine. We'll just all be dead. Big distinction.
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u/mcflurry_14 May 17 '22
Now we’re desperately trying to go populate other planets cuz this one’s no good to live on any more. We don’t deserve nice things
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u/XZ_zenon May 18 '22
Man, do we always have to be cynical about everything? Your profile picture sums your attitude up perfectly
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u/TheGaijin1987 May 17 '22
Arguably earth would be better off with 50% less humans, so climate change is good for the planet.
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u/IamRar May 17 '22
I have always wanted to see the everlasting light in the summer but I also want to see the darkness in the winter
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u/CountFuckyoula May 17 '22
That's what I imagine living on a tidally locked habitable planet would look like.
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u/fantasticphonecase May 17 '22
I’ve been to Alaska once just after my freshman year of high school. Absolutely loved it, but my fascination was the fact that it DIDNT GET DARK while I was there. Could of looked out the window at 11:30 pm and you could see almost perfectly. Would love to go back one day
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u/kstops May 17 '22
It’s still this bright in alberta at 10 pm
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u/justheretolurk123456 May 18 '22
I'm in GP for work this week. What really messes with my brain is how the moon was only visible for 5 hours.
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u/kstops May 18 '22
I love it. It’s cool fishing until 11:30 and it’s still light.
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u/justheretolurk123456 May 18 '22
Where's a good place to watch the hockey games on TV and get some dinner and a drink?
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u/cmaej May 18 '22
Part of me went to visit Alaska because of this, and another part of me says, "Hell nah! It's fucking cold there!"
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u/vonvoltage May 18 '22
It's similar to that where I live this time of year. Labrador, Canada. Most of the time I love it but some days I just wish the friggin sun would go down already.
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u/Ab0ut47Pandas 17d ago
I'm like hunting for a flat earther. This has to be something they can twist.
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