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Back home in Utsjoki in my native Finland, today is the first day of Kaamos (Polar Night). Sun stayed up yesterday about 50 minutes, is today no longer over the horizon, and will be back in the last days of January staying away over two months.

gregrocker said:

So does that mean it's totally dark all the time?

And is there a moon, stars, or does it vary much?

It's like night sky all the time. Stars are visible as well as moon. Polar Lights can be seen more often.

Think a sunny day; the stars and the moon are there but not visible because of the sunlight. Now "turn off the lights", take the sunlight away and you can see them.

Of course, the first week or so as well as the last week of Polar Night it is not completely dark, sun still remaining a moment or two during day time quite close to horizon, just below it. But the 4 to 6 weeks in the middle it really is one long night.

z3r010 said:

I don't know how you cope with it, in the few days I was in Finland just having 2 hours of daylight each day was mega disorienting but for it to be dark for months on end would be something else

You get used to it. Towards end of the Polar Night you start dreaming of the opposite, the Polar Day or Midnight Sun period. It starts towards end of May, lasting a bit over two months as well.

And then, towards end of the Polar Day you start dreaming about darkness... .

Dinesh said:

I'm back from the trip. It was a very refreshing and exciting experience.
Will post some pics later tonight.
Here's one pic taken at the Dalai Lama Temple McLeod Ganj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Welcome back, looks interesting. Looking forward to the pictures. We prefer pictures of Kavita BTW

A Guy

z3r010 said:

I don't know how you cope with it, in the few days I was in Finland just having 2 hours of daylight each day was mega disorienting but for it to be dark for months on end would be something else

I know someone who lives at Barrow, Alaska, a short distance from Point Barrow. The northernmost town in the US. They have the same thing.

I have been walking Gracie as usual to-day and I have put a couple of games on ebay.

A Guy said:

Dinesh said:

I'm back from the trip. It was a very refreshing and exciting experience.
Will post some pics later tonight.
Here's one pic taken at the Dalai Lama Temple McLeod Ganj - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Attachment 243146

Welcome back, looks interesting. Looking forward to the pictures. We prefer pictures of Kavita BTW

A Guy

Hahaha sure mate.