Welcome to Disko Bay near the town of Ilulissat, Greenland, where summer"s midnight sun will dip just below the horizon for only about an hour and a half tonight. In fact, for several weeks in the period around the summer solstice, the sun doesn"t set at all on Disko Bay. Technically, the "midnight sun" occurs in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle when the sun remains visible at the local midnight. This natural phenomenon lasts from April to August in the northern regions of Greenland. (The opposite effect, polar night, occurs during winter months when the sun does not rise above the horizon.)
Going with the floe
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Into the woods
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Strolling across the Red Lagoon
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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A water loch-ed castle
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Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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Books for children of all ages
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Lights, camera, Sundance
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A crested partridge
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Life in the slow lane
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Where the wildflowers grow
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Bridges to the past
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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Flowers by the sea
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Traffic jam on the caribou highway
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland