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Arctic Slope Noon Sun

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Posted by Genny K. on November 20, 2011 at 1:46 PM
Arctic Slope Noon Sun
This is pure reality. This photo was taken at 12:21 PM on November 19, 2011, just outside Deadhorse, Alaska. Soon, the sun simply not rise above the horizon. I think November 20 is the last sunrise at Barrow until late January.

I've been doing some consulting work on the slope, and I had was a little Canon PoweshotSX230. (You didn't really want to spend any time outside with a camera, anyway.) I believe that's a helipad there in the foreground, by the windsock.

Settings F/5.9, 1/400 sec, ISO-200; but in reality, I didn't even check the settings before I took the picture, because I was looking into the wind. :wink:
Posted by Jim Erhardt on November 23, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Amazing how an environment can be so beautiful, yet so deadly at the same time. Thanks for sharing!