An Alaskan town said goodbye to the Sun and will see the next daylight in 2021. Formerly known as Barrow, in the town of Utqiagvik, the sun last set in 2020 on November 19 over a span of more than 60 days .
The small city north of the Arctic Circle has entered its annual phase of darkness. The occurrence is known as polar night. The phenomenon occurs during winters due to the tilt of the Earth’s axis, CNN reported.
Polar night occurs in the northern and southernmost regions of the Earth when the night lasts for more than 24 hours. This occurs only within polar circles.
“The polar night is a normal phenomenon that occurs every winter for Barrow (Utqiagvik) and any other city within the Arctic Circle. This tilt makes none of the Sun’s discs visible above the horizon,” said the CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar.
The CNN meteorologist clarified that entering the dark phase does not indicate that the city will merge into darkness. Most hours of the day will go through periods known as civil twilight, Chinchar said.
“Think about what the sky looks like just before sunrise, or just after sunset. That’s what you see for several hours a day, from now until January 22, when the sun will” officially rise “again,” he said. Chincha.
However, this phenomenon is not unique to this city, rather it is the first in the list of polar night locations due to its location in the far north.
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Meanwhile, the experience of the people of Utqiagvik in summer is the opposite when there is 24 hours of light. This phenomenon is known as the midnight sun or polar day.
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