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  2. Midnight sun - Wikipedia

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    Midnight sun at the North Cape on the island of Magerøya in Norway. Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight.

  3. Northern Norway - Wikipedia

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    Helgeland does not have true midnight sun, but the upper part of the sun disc never descends below the horizon as far south as Mosjøen in June. February is a transitional period when the sun rapidly returns, and March and April often feel like an explosion of light with long daylight hours and snow cover in most areas except the coastal strip ...

  4. Arctic Circle - Wikipedia

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    Relationship of Earth's axial tilt (ε) to the tropical and polar circles. The Arctic Circle is the southernmost latitude in the Northern Hemisphere at which the centre of the Sun can remain continuously above or below the horizon for twenty-four hours; as a result, at least once each year at any location within the Arctic Circle the centre of the Sun is visible at local midnight, and at least ...

  5. Polar night - Wikipedia

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    Polar night is a phenomenon that occurs in the northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth when the Sun remains below the horizon for more than 24 hours. This only occurs inside the polar circles. [1] The opposite phenomenon, polar day or midnight sun, occurs when the Sun remains above the horizon for more than 24 hours.

  6. Svalbard - Wikipedia

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    At 74° north, the midnight sun lasts 99 days and polar night 84 days, while the respective figures at 81° north are 141 and 128 days. [23] In Longyearbyen, midnight sun lasts from 20 April until 23 August, and polar night lasts from 26 October to 15 February. [19] In winter, the combination of full moon and reflective snow can give additional ...

  7. The 'brightest comet of 2025 so far' is orbiting the sun ...

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    “Because it's so close to the sun in the sky, the glare of the sun is making it extremely challenging to find it in the sky,” Fazekas said. Still, the comet is there, rounding the sun. Within ...

  8. Geography of Norway - Wikipedia

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    Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula.The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west, and the Barents Sea to the north.

  9. If Norway Is on Your Bucket List, You Might Want to Let a ...

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    Pro tip: You're not doing Norway the right way if you spend your entire stay in Oslo. We departed the big city to live out our snowy winter fantasy in a tiny mountain village near Vinstra.