In the winter time yes, and it’s gonna stay even lower as winter solstice draws near. Most of Lapland won’t see the sun at all for a few weeks. They only have “blue hour”, some twilight time around noon and the rest of the day is dark. Fun. So praise God and ENJOY your days in the sun 
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Again. Wow! I mean I knew shit like that but haven’t experienced first hand or ever known anyone living it. So I find it fascinating. “Blue Hour?” You’ll have to take pics. So you get the opposite in summer I reckon. I been to Scotland in June once. Stayed light till about 11 or so in the evening.
So do you get to witness those cool winter solstice light shows in the sky? I reckon December isn’t a good month to travel to your area if you want to see anything.
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The time period when the sun doesn’t rise above horizon is called polar night. Those areas that have polar night get only a few hours twilight depending on how far up north they’re located. Utsjoki, which is a northernmost small town 300 miles north, has 52 days of polar nighttime from end of November till mid January. Another town, that is about 80 north from mine, has only 4 days of polar nighttime around Christmas. So, my town doesn’t go completely without the sun because it does peak a bit above the horizon here. Anywho, it’s dark, as it’s been established 
And yes, it’s the opposite in the summer. The sun doesn’t really set. Nights are not dark but either dim or twilight. It’s beautiful yet disorienting if you’re not used to it.
If by solstice lights you mean Northern lights/ aurora borealis, you can see them occasionally in autumn/winter/early spring if the sky is clear and there aren’t too many city lights to disrupt the view. For that December is as good month as any other BUT… Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus capitol = TOURISM. Pre-Covid December was/is the most expensive month to come. Hotel, hostel and Airbnb prices are absolutely ridiculous. I’d come Jan-March. It’s a bit lighter but also ass freezing cold 
I’m sorry if it’s TMI 
@anon28001181 You’re Alaskan, aren’t you? Does this sound familiar? 
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Not TMI at all.
I took some pics again on my walk today.
Or did I? Looks the same here everyday. I could just recycle the same pics.
From the 13th Tee Box.
It really is nice this time of year because everyone goes back to Phoenix or Scottsdale or Cali. And as I’ve mentioned we have the neighborhood to ourselves.
Looks like we’re making our own rainbow here.
Got to keep the course watered.
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So beautiful. Thank you.
Completely. I’m from Anchorage AK, so the most extreme it gets there is 5 hours of daylight around winter solstice. But 19ish hours of daylight around summer solstice. Even though it never truly got dark in the summer. More like dusk.
The further north you go the more extreme it gets. Barrow, which is at the very northern end of Alaska gets 65 days of darkness in the winter. The sun goes down right about this time of year and doesn’t come up again until late January.
I lived there for 30 years and I saw the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) probably 10 times. A couple times in the city, but mostly once I got away from the city lights. There’s only been one time that I’ve seen them dancing all over, going from green to blue to purple to pink, but that was in the days before smart phones, so it was only captured in my brain.
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Fall sunsets are the best. It’s rare here in the PNW that you can see one like this because it’s usually raining lol
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What is this temple? Is that Japan? The other houses don’t look like that.
Wow, that’s amazing! He looks awesome x
I’m not sure, I just moved to the area. It’s Lake Biwa in Japan.
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It was so f*** cold and I am not sure which pain is worse: cold hands, creeping cold all up my body oder the pain when the blood floods back into the hands. Cannot decide.
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Undisclosed location in the UK. Wet, misty, but beautiful none the less
Ground like a sponge even at 300m elevation.!
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Very beautiful!!
Oh so lovely. I just love your pics from UK. Had to google the measurement. So that is not even 1000 ft? Love the weather.
I live at almost 2133 meters.
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Yeah. I’m used to feet but the OS maps are all in metric these days. Gotta retrain how I see things.
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