Don"t lose your sunglasses! At least not during this time of year in Svalbard, Norway, when the sun crests the horizon and never dips below it again for more than four months. From about April 19 to August 23, it"s nothing but sunshine in this island chain above the Arctic Circle, more than 500 miles north of mainland Norway. It"s not quite a day at the beach, with average summertime high temps of 39 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (toasty compared to average wintertime temps of 5 to 9 degrees). And who knows how far it is to the nearest Ray-Ban store?
Midnight sun
Today in History
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What s going on in this sky?
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Unbearable cuteness
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Grandparents Day
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Poppies for Armistice Day
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A day to celebrate the sun
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Berlin Festival of Lights
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A long, erratic commute
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Infrared Jupiter, erupting Io
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Leap day
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The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan, Egypt
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Mada’in Saleh archeological site in Saudi Arabia
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Harvest season begins
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Spotted Lake emerges
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A light on National Hispanic Heritage Month
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The Hermitage of Santa Justa
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Cranborne Chase, England
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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Where can you find a red fox?
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The eloquence of elephants
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Birds and bees, and why they re so important
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The Cordillera de la Sal in the Cordillera Domeyko Range of Chile
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Mount Hood, Oregon
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The Door County Coastal Byway in Wisconsin
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San Francisco Bay salt flats
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Long-eared owl in the Czech Republic
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Ministry of Fun Santa School
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Big dreams require a big sleigh
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act marks 42 years
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Monet still makes an impression