Winter Solstice in the Arctic. Fairbanks, Alaska. Time-lapse video.

Fairbanks, Alaska - This time-lapse video shows the entire day (3 hours and 49 minutes) in two minutes. It was shot one week after the actual Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year in Earth's Northern Hemisphere on December 21). Only 100 miles from the Arctic Circle, this video looks south at the Alaska Mountain Range and shows sunrise through sunset. The video includes pre-dawn (one-half hour before sunrise) and dusk (one-half hour after sunset). Copyright Eric Muehling 2009. All rights reserved. Available in high-definition. Original frames were shot in 10-second intervals with a Canon D30 SLR (raw format).

[@DanSmith-gc7bx]

Pretty exciting race between the sun and the video scroll bar

[@jtm12180]

Dan Smith - lmao

[@sskofu]

Lol xD

[@riolufistofmight]

I watch in theater mode, sun never stood a chance

[@denizozhan773]

Jeffrey Gassenheimer tttttt

[@joshberry777]

It practically looks like a sunset the entire time. lol

[@adelefarough5123]

I particularly appreciated seeing the solar azimuth, and altitude, as well as the exact times of sunrise, sunset and solar noon. Thanks so much!

[@MacJaxonManOfAction]

Anyone else having problems with the music continually fading in and out on this vid?

[@MacJaxonManOfAction]

Nor could I, really. Just seemed like a nice wee tune.

[@adelefarough5123]

Steven McBrien: yes.

[@adelefarough5123]

Personally, I would redo the audio, maybe using the second or else the final movement from Holst's "The Planets," or perhaps Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. Nevertheless, like the rest of you, I didn't care that much about the audio. Being a musician, adding audio is something I would have done simply as a matter of course.

[@LunaGer]

This is so beautiful. I love the reminder that yes, we are on a tilted planet hurtling through space around our little star.

[@anunkash5185]

my favorite part of the day. all day long.

[@Loki8625]

Thanks for posting this. I love watching how sunrise and sunset are condensed together within a few short hours. It must be beautiful to watch.

[@Patrick_Ross]

Thanks Eric, for a trip down memory lane! 25 years in Alaska, 18 of those in Fairbanks, were the best times of my life. I will always return to visit.....maybe to stay. Outstanding video!

[@sedonalass]

I went to Fairbanks in Aug 08. I stood outside the Westmark hotel and said "I must see this place in winter." This past winter I did just that. It was -30, gorgeous! (Also went to Anchorage and Kotzebue same trip.) Alaska in summer is beautiful, but Alaska in winter is spectacular. I will come back again.... in winter...I watch this video a lot, it calms my soul.

[@jenniferscrimenti2860]

Oh wow...how depressing to have almost no sunlight during winter... Winter is cold and depressing enough as it is, but no sunlight? F that, I'll stay in NY lol

[@Tracer2k]

it is quite depressing to be honest, but then again in the summer it's inverted.

[@samibitat9693]

I live in Fairbanks and I personally love the winter. Imagine the whole day being the color of a sunset. Beautiful

[@NoOne-ul8ni]

@@samibitat9693 I agree. The emotions it will give you,will make you feel like you're connected to nature.

[@danielward7008]

I'd love it.

[@fbksfrank4]

What usually thins out the new herd.

[@saudster59]

This is a vampire's paradise

[@KneelB4Bacon]

saudster59 Well . . . until the *summer* solstice, when the sun only sets for 4 hours.

[@dillbill7152]

Feast or Famine

[@katherinegarlock2249]

@@KneelB4Bacon They can just go to Antarctica for the northern Summer :)

[@danielward7008]

It would be horrible from May through July however with no real night at all.

[@bordiguy]

They hibernate in that 3 months of long summer days.

[@dotolive]

I know you didn't think about it but at that moment you were living the dream of thousands of people. Me being one of them.

[@dotolive]

I know you didn't think about it , but you were at that moment living out the dreams of so many people. Including mine.

[@X79Nitro]

MOst fastest Ramadan Fasting Schedule

[@zullmajid2261]

😁😁 i'll be here next ramadhan, InsyaAllah

[@Boznaniac]

Haha

[@nikhileshumashankar2020]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@r.a.6459]

Nature's cheat code for fasting 😁😁

[@alexdnedc2023]

Razian Amira lol

[@F8mediapl]

never underestimated the fact that I can enjoy a longer day... untill now ;) thank you!

[@droidekalane]

Actually, just found out the song It's "Infinity - Beyond the Clouds (Au-Delà Des Nuages)" If anyone wanted to know.

[@rontavernier]

Nice video Eric. You have me missing Fairbanks more than ever. Hats off.

[@FloridaAdventuring]

Great video. It shows just what a winter's day is like in Fairbanks. Thanks.

[@TheBurningMoon]

Excellent. I saw the inverse of this in mid July 2009 when I rode my cycle up to Deadhorse and back - Atigun pass was spectacular with the sun never setting - thanks for a great video!

[@salchaboy]

spectacular! I really like the way the clouds move in, wonderful lapse.

[@sedonalass]

I love this video, thank you. Makes you wistful for the sun, and the music is very lovely too.

[@siegfriedfink265]

Thanks for the video, I love to see the sun o the horizon. It's a beautiful hue and a comfort to me. I miss it awfully when we're not there. Sig

[@maxoverdrive6611]

It's fucking beautiful. Like a 3 and a half hour sunrise.

[@thephaneron3676]

Thank you for demonstrating the earth as a rotating globe! Flat Earther's maintain that an Arctic midnight sun is indisputable proof of a flat earth, but they will ignore videos like this that suggest the tilt of the North pole away from the sun. A 3 hour, 49 minute long day with the sun that low in the sky demonstrates that the south pole would be continuously lit and must be experiencing very long days, and as the Earth rotates it will plunge much of the Arctic circle into rough 20 hour nights.

[@djmiamamma]

The Phaneron what the f are u talking about. this proves flat earth

[@thephaneron3676]

*+djmiamamma* Lmao no it doesn't. If earth was flat the sun could sink no lower than 12.9 degrees above the horizon at it's lowest point, and in the Arctic circle it could never sink lower than a whopping 28.7 degrees below the horizon at it's lowest point. It would be midnight sun everywhere, all the time!

[@tarekelderbas8934]

djmiamamma Ignore the shill. The fucktard shill is pretending to have never heard of perspective, angular resolution limits, light dispersion, atmo"spheric" lensing, and refraction.

[@Wrkumlin]

Tarek EL Derbas Shill? Really? Based on your FE with the sun circling above the equator, he’s right. The sun, from there in Alaska, would never drop below around 25-30 degrees above the horizon. This video shows it visible for only 4 hours a day at this time of year. And then its visible for 20 hours a day 6 months later. Please explain to me how both of those can happen at the same time if the earth is flat. And perspective can’t make the sun drop below the horizon and come back up on the other side of the planet.

[@bhaggen]

A 3 hour, 49 minute long day in the North only means that if there's a 3 hour, 49 minute long night at the same time & latitude S, and the Sun appears to traverse in the opposite direction, we are on some sort of spheroid.

[@craigvanantwerp7141]

That long night would make me crazy. Now the 24 hour daylight on the other end I'd love to experience

[@donnaford1969]

Craig Vanantwerp Me too

[@danielward6572]

I'd hate the 24 hour daylight personally. It's bad enough in Northern England where we get around four and a half hours of darkness.

[@papamatt2762]

We have that

[@Maraandg]

This is so beautiful and oh so long ago I was lucky enough to see something very similar while in Tuktoyuktuk - magic!

[@sid77777]

excellent video; i gotta get here once before i die....see these days for real.

[@adelefarough5123]

sid77777 so would I!

[@ILoveOldTWC]

The sun is extremely low to the horizon in such high latitudes.

[@soniccinos]

On the bright side, on summer, is bright all day along!!!

[@MssEarthWaterAirFire]

everytime i see such a spectacle i almost cry.. i went from italy to live in sweden because of this...but i feel i'm not north enough..maybe i'm crazy..i feel that north is calling me!!

[@terrysacora]

Very nice Eric I enjoyed it a lot. I had never seen it done with the new technology.

[@funkyflights]

Wow.... That's really amazing.... great great video....

[@22soleclin]

Very nice video, I am familiar with the area that the timelapse was taken I lived there for 15 years before digital photos. Thank you for doing what I wanted to do back then...

[@DwcBradB]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful footage , hope to see more Great Job ;)

[@Bhaalspawn84]

Sun will rise for 15 minutes today in northernmost Finland (Utsjoki,496km/308 miles north of arctic circle) and will be seen above the horizon again January 17th. Hello to our arctic circle brothers in Alaska(USA),Yukon(CAN),Northwest Territories(CAN),Nunavut(CAN),Greenland(DEN),Iceland(technically just south of arctic circle),Norway,Sweden,Murmansk(RUS),Republic of Karelia(RUS),Arkhangelsk(RUS),Komi Republic(RUS),Yamalo-Nenets(RUS),Krasnoyarsk(RUS),Sakha Republic(RUS) (size of India!) and Chukotka(RUS) (neigbour of Alaska).

[@zmm1238]

+Bhaalspawn84 Krasnoyarsk? lolwhat???

[@tieztoez]

I was going to take a vacation to North pole in January, but decided to turn the air down to -10, lock myself in the closet and turn off all the lights. La vida loca, baby!

[@Drooblemeister]

wow, it's like an all day sunrise.. (or sunset)

[@whiteboyz45]

Some eerie music choice you got here

[@atsok]

So beautiful.

[@Clari26]

Thank you!

[@MattMolloyPhotography]

That's one short day! Nice lapse!

[@anitnec]

Obviously not in the 4-5 central hours because of the elipse but "only in the early morning and in the late afternoon" . In the central hours 3-4 degrees, the difference is enormous

[@funkyflights]

This Universe amazes me... Nice video...

[@jimmyhinton5304]

I spent two winters station at Eielson AFB just south of Fairbanks. The winter days were short and cold, not much sunlight. This video is 100% true.

[@vgmaster777ER]

It looks like one long early morning! Spectacular! In Russia we have short days too, but it gets brighter than this.

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

That’s just where you live in Russia because there’s a range of latitudes within Russia. Sat/02/13/2021 at 23:06

[@Cjxd-ws1kn]

If I was there in the winter time I would be depressed but interested at the same time

[@carlosmartel24]

Just amazing! Greetings from Mexico.

[@bugnmyeye]

very cool. Gotta love UAF and it's dark winters.

[@monster0_0]

Thanks for the footage😇Earth is flat.. and 24 hour sun in the summer the couple southern hemisphere videos are looped with 10-12 hours missing

[@trainwaysrails76]

Unless you watched videos of these guys going to the Geographic North and South Poles then you believe the Earth is in a round and not flat unlike you

[@carloseduardo4534]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣👍

[@22soleclin]

Wow, stunning video, I always wanted to do what you have done. I left in 1987 and the technology was'nt affordable. Notice how the wisps of heating exhaust tracks the Sun's movement. Caused by gravity.

[@4Score747]

Soooo beautifully done! Thank you for sharing Gods beauty and your talent to capture it!

[@MyrnaMcGhie]

I love this! Thanks!

[@ImaginingImpact]

Yes. This time-lapse video was made with still images, each shot about 10-seconds apart. Good luck on your own video.

[@DashCrist]

so, more dark time than light? perfect cycle!

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

And then it’s light out all day for at least 10 weeks

[@YummYakitori]

Wow! That is really short! In Singapore, the sun rises at 6.20am and sets only at 6.50pm

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

But not on the winter solstice though. Sat/02/13/2021 at 23:10

[@droidekalane]

Beautiful I love long nights like that and I love the dawn hours! So beautiful that time of day. I wish it were like here in San diego, ca. By the way, what's the tune on the video called? I like the music! 😊

[@lukatakahashi]

fantastic!!

[@Scarpia9111]

You guys that live in Alaska...you are amazing people to me because I had no clue that this actually happens! Amazing! I guess you have to be born and raised there to get used to something like that? I'm from the east coast of the U.S. and we have sun up and sun down. Not "sun" barely above the horizon then "sunset" at 2 in the afternoon??? I think I would go crazy lol.

[@toyoscio]

It is something to get used to, just like 5 or less hours of darkness in the summer and 24 hours of daylight at Barrow.

[@sandytheDirector]

toyoscio I would like to experience that one day in the winter haha. I want to see the northern lights. I seen it on youtube and i can honestly say it is pretty freaky... but its also beautiful. The sun barely reached the horizon, but it was pretty. You should go to Alaska in the summer if this will drive you crazy. In the summer, the sun sets at 9pm! And the sunrises like at 5 6 or 7? It's a big difference. I went to Alaska in the summer and I was like what time is it? I was like omigosh! its 9 and the sun is still up. I really loved that.

[@ydo9360]

Dude up in barrow no sunlight in December all sun from may to August I’ve experienced it for 10 years it’s pretty cool =)

[@joejacobson7603]

Scarpia9111 well you now know it's not possible on a spinning ball...#FLAT

[@willmill7867]

Scarpia9111 id

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

Sunset all day nigga.

[@nerfmw3]

omg i live in fair banks!!! well i used to at ages 2-5

[@adriano81506]

awesome thanks for sharing

[@SonicGeneration]

It is the same in England, very short days in winter, but worthit in the long summer days when the sun not set until 10pm :)

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Also, there’s more light on average all year round the further away from the equator that you go, but it’s just that the amount of time that the geometric center of the sun spends at above 0.00° is equal to how long it’s below 0.00° for. Sat/02/13/2021 at 23:11

[@Ivan99705]

Very nicely done, thanks for sharing it. I share crobisonak sentiment.

[@alexdisney5514]

That's so beautiful! :)

[@TheSentinel091482]

So do you have to go to work in the dark? what about school time?

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Obviously. Just because there’s the winter darkness, it doesn’t mean that you just stay home all day. You also go outside in the dark too, and that goes for pretty much anywhere and not just Fairbanks, AK. I live in NY and I have to ride my bike in the dark if it’s later into the afternoon in early December (and just around then in general because the sunsets at 16:27, Civil Dusk is at 16:57, Nautical Dusk is at 17:31, and Astronomical Dusk is at 18:05, so it’s already dark out by the 17:20s, and I don’t let it stop me from going outside. Sat/02/13/2021 at 19:55

[@tieztoez]

I liked music...unique. Went well with video.

[@sarahplainandtall9877]

I wish to experience the winter solstice in Alaska.

[@shannahonea714]

Awesome video😀🌞

[@warplanner8852]

It must be interesting to experience the progression of sunrise day by day from Solstice to Solstice, gaining (Summer) or losing (Winter) up to 10 minutes each day in the Northern hemisphere.

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

It’s up to 6:49 minutes each day

[@notar1]

This sounds great !

[@SaraMB81]

superb...

[@anitnec]

The Sun "goes" in elevation only a little more of a degree per hour . In a medium or medium law latitude goes minimum 7-8 degrees per hour

[@caribbeangirl9783]

AMAZING

[@fernandazaia3069]

this makes you go hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@ImaginingImpact]

@palefacealaskan. I did this video for fun! It was a personal project made with my own equipment. I have good notes on how to do this, if you're interested. Definitely not work-related. Thanks for the "georgeous" comment!

[@Religious_man]

This is No Man's Land for sure. The numbers and seasons for this place don't mean $hit.

[@amytran9561]

Sunrise 10:58 a.m. Azimuth 154 degrees.

[@zodiacastro1]

good video.

[@TonyEtna1987]

Nice !

[@maisonbtriplethreat]

Wish I could be there

[@disan9135]

Awesome!!

[@Hopeful_Libertarian]

I can certainly see why the sun doesn't help out much when it does shine in the winter.

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

But it does though because it’s still very much so light out when it is out and it’s still light out for over an hour before after that because of Civil Twilight, and then it’s not dark until (later into Nautical Twilight and closer to) Nautical Dusk. But there’s actually more light on average all year round the further away from the equator that you go. It’s just that the amount of time that the geometric center of the sun spends at above 0.00° is equal to how long it’s below 0.00° for.

[@amytran9561]

Sunset 2:47 p.m. Azimuth 206 degrees.

[@amytran9561]

Solar Noon 12:52 p.m. The sun is 2 degrees above the horizon.

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

It’s actually less than 2° above the horizon.

[@buckmajor]

Thanks for the video Eric. Curious to know. How do people cope with a 60+ day in Burbank i.e. school, work, sports, social activities, etc, or is Alaska more like a tourism town? Is there a reason why it is mainly dark in Alaska compared to the rest of the world?

[@buckmajor]

It would be really nice to hear from you Eric?

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

It’s mainly light in Alaska compared to the rest of the world because the shallow arc of the sun moving in the sky makes it take longer for the sun to finish going below the horizon, plus twilight lasts a lot longer. However, it’s just that it’s darker in the winter, but the amount of extra daylight above 12 hours in the summer compared to below 12 in the winter is more, plus the equinoxes have something above 12:12 or sm instead of 12:06 like the equator, and then twilight lasts longer ofc especially around the solstices and even way more so in the summer to the point that there is hardly even Civil Twilight. Also, the camera does make it look darker because the sky looks mid blue in the darkest parts right as it sets in this video, but irl, that doesn’t happen until after Civil Dusk at the beginning of Nautical Twilight. Sat/02/13/2021 at 22:45

[@katiefornuto1529]

Wow. Dark most of the day

[@hongphuc95]

@YummYakitori of course,because Singapore near the equator.

[@puravfashion7339]

It's my request. Please add more interesting vedio about Alaska

[@nataliya2641]

Thank you. Subscribed.🇷🇺

[@Mr2pacalypse]

ugh...up in Barrow the sun stays out for the entire summer and never sets then in november it finally does set and we dont see again til febuary....its crazy

[@adelefarough5123]

S00nersx22 I take my hat off to people who can handle that! I could not!👍🎩

[@kerberjr]

WOW!!!

[@anitnec]

Maybe it's little less than 2 degrees above the orizon because of the latitude

[@jtm12180]

I’d lose my mind in about a week dealing with that

[@ginnymcloughlin6233]

I am a college professor and lecturer. I would like you permission to use your winter solstice for a lecture on LIfe in Alaska. May I?

[@bombuniverse1578]

what happened to the music? it’s good but it keeps fading in and out

[@deanfloyd8931]

Look close, the sun path is circling the south pole during this time of year.

[@clavch]

I love hahaha it's not really depressing here knowing that it doesn't snow in the Philippines

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

R.I.P. snow and that’s why I wouldn’t want to live in the Tropics or Subtropics Sat/02/13/2021 23:22

[@TheGreatOne16439]

Why does your Title say Winter Solstice when it was filmed a full week after the Solstice?

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Ig it’s just an estimate or sm idek. Sat/02/13/2021 at 23:59

[@PooleSilly]

I am grateful to say that I am a born again Christian and have been since I was 19.......folks I am thankful for God’s beautiful creation and a lot of ppl are blessed to get to travel around the world to see the beautiful creation God has created! Alaska’s midnight sun and the northern lights of Alaska are just another wonderful example and touch of paradise!!!!!! If you are a true born again believer then one day we are headed to a place that is far greater than any beautiful sight we’ve ever seen on this earth! However if you don’t know Christ as your savior then it burdens my soul to think that you are headed for a terrible place called Hell where the Bible says the fire is never quenched and the worm dies not! Folks you are not promised tomorrow! If you want to know how to be saved from this horrible reality then please by all means don’t hesitate to comment right back so I can lead you to the savior! 2 Corinthians 6:2 clearly states “now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation!” And Hebrews 3:15 clearly states, “Today if you hear his voice don’t harden your hearts! It is not me but the Holy Spirit that I pray reveals to you the truth of his precious gospel......John 3:16 says for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes on him will not perish but have everlasting life! V 17 says then V 18 says whoever believes on the son is not condemned but whoever does not believe on the son is condemned already because he has not believed on the son whom God has sent! Also Acts 16:30-31 what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house I am not threatening anyone but just warning them what will happen if they reject this precious gift of eternal life! Christ died a horrible criminals death! He was beaten brutally mocked spit upon and endured countless hours of torture pain for all of our sins! Ppl go to hell because they reject that pardon for their sins! And Jesus is saying to them in Matthew 25:41 depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels! Hell was only prepared for Satan and his angels! It is not God who threatens anyone it is the craziness of rejecting the free pardon of salvation! It’s like if you’re in court you’ve committed a crime say you murdered someone! Now if you say to that Judge hey I know I’ve done a terrible thing of murdering that person but I hear you’re a good judge and so I know you’ll be fair to me...... the judge is going to reply well yes you’re right about one thing I am a good judge and because I’m a good judge I’m going to see to it that you’re punished and that justice is served! Well then all of a sudden someone you don’t even know comes forward and says you know what I know he’s committed the crime he’s committed and he deserves to go to jail but I really don’t want to see him go to prison so I’ll just go to prison for him so he can go free! So if you accepted that offer you’d be free to leave the courtroom but if you didn’t well you’d be crazy and go to prison yourself! Well that’s exactly how it was 2,000 years ago! He is God in human flesh and he came to this earth lived a perfect sinless life and even though he knew that we had sinned and because of our sins deserved to die miserably but he said no I don’t want to see them suffer so I will go and take their punishment for them! Even though he did absolutely nothing wrong still he chose to take the punishment for our sins so we can be set free from the power bondages and consequences of our disobedience to God! Romans 5:8 says For God commends his love toward us that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us! 1 John 2:2 says he was made to be the propitiation for our sins! And not just for our sins but the sins of the whole world! 2 Corinthians 5:21 He who knew no sin became Sin for us that we would be made his righteousness! The truth is if you had to get to Heaven by your own effort then you cannot do it! Because Romans 3:10 says there is not one that does good! No Not One! Romans 3:23 says For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God! Romans 6:23 says For the wages of sin is death! But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our lord! But the good news is Romans 10:9 If we confess with our mouth and believes in our hearts that Christ died for our sins then was raised from the dead we will be saved! V 10 For it’s with the heart we believe and it’s with the mouth confession is made unto salvation! God gave us 10 commandments to follow and we’ve broken every one of them! And because God is a good God he cannot allow our disobedience to him to go unpunished! Well then like I just mentioned above his son Jesus stepped forward and said no I don’t want to see them punished so I will take their punishment for them! And also like I said he died a terrible substitute criminal’s death for us on a cross so now all we have to do is accept that payment for our sins and we can escape the terrible wrath of God that is to fall on them who do not accept this atonement that was sacrificed for our sins! Praise the lord Romans 10:13 says Whoever calls on the name of the lord shall be saved! And 1 Peter 1:4 you’re an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you! Christ clearly said in John 14:6 I am the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the father but through me! Acts 4:12 clearly states that there is no other name given unto Heaven or earth by which we must be saved as there is salvation in no other! Jesus clearly states that there is clearly only one way to Salvation and it’s him that’s it! There is no other way! God Bless everyone who reads!

[@aman2426]

Nice