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smokesha asked in Science & MathematicsAstronomy & Space · 8 years ago

I would like to find a good spot way up north where i can see the sun rise and set immediately.?

I know there's gotta be a certain latitude where I could go and during the right time of year when the sunrise/sunset experience happens all at once lasting maybe an hour or so. But I'm not sure where or when to go. I'm guessing somewhere close to december 21 and somewhere close to the arctic circle. But I'm in New York and that's a really long drive. But I actually want to do it and plan it and plan it right. So any help you can spare on the subject. Would I really need to go all the way to the arctic circle? If I left earlier, can I drive less? Or do I have to go north of the arctic circle to see it? I'm a little confused with the physics of it. Thanks

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  • Morningfox
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    If you don't get close to the Arctic circle (or the Antarctic), the sun is always going to up at least a few hours every day. Even right on the Arctic circle, you always get at least 2 hours 11 minutes of daylight. That's because the top tip of the sun is above the horizon, plus atmospheric refraction.

    If you want less than an hour of daylight, you need to go 77 km north of the Arctic Circle. That's just barely possible by car, but you will find it quite an dangerous adventure.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuvik http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Alaska
  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    All the way to the Arctic circle or beyond. And it is not an hour.

    In the Arctic Summer the sun does not rise high in the sky, it appears to go round you, rising and sinking through the 24 hours.

    Depending on the date and your latitude the Sun will seem to sink to and then below the horizon and then immediately start to rise again - but it is a grazing line, very slow.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    This is not as difficult as it sounds. A friend of mine did it a few years ago. The best time is around summer solstice, June 21, as you don't want to be in that part of the world close to winter solstice. At summer solstice you will see the Sun set and then rise a few minutes later, not the opposite. The easiest place to drive to is on the Alaska highway, since there are good highways all the way. The Alaska Highway itself is rough, and you need extra tires and survival gear, but it's definitely doable.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Go to Fairbanks, Alaska in the Winter Time.

    If you want to see total darkness, no sun rise at all, go just a bit further north above the Arctic Circle.

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  • poornakumar b
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Sun's declination as on today (I calculated it) seems to be +11º 21'.

    You can go to a place that is 90º from it, either side depending on its (Hemispheric) winter :

    +11º 21' - 90º = - 78º 39' (- ve means in Antarctica; 78º 39' S).

  • Photofox
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    You would have to go far North. I don't think north Canada or Alaska would be far enough so you wouldn't be able to drive.

    I think you need somewhere like Greenland or Finland, Lapland.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    iceland, try the one on leeds high street

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