Yes, folks in the Northern Hemisphere! It is the longest amount of daylight for us today, as we’re graced with the Sun’s presence longer than any other day this year. The good news for readers in the Southern Hemisphere is that you’ll get more daylight tomorrow and each day after for the next six months.
On this day last year, I was in Iceland enjoying the days around the longest day without any night to speak of; at that time of the year, the Sun doesn’t go far enough below the horizon to let the night darken. It was a magical time!
This shot is from up in the hills in Northern Iceland, where I wanted to capture the houses in the valley against the cloud cover below the mountain top level. The Sun rounded out the tableau rather nicely!
Technical Details
This image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mk III and an EF 24-105mm f/4L lens. Exposure settings were at 1/1000 second at f/14 and 200 ISO.
Also in response to the Daily Prompt – Summer.
God, Frank, this is beautiful. Thank you for sharing… I’m seeing it right before a big planning meeting on forgiving with my team. Puts me into a state of expansiveness.
Thank you, Debbie. Have a great meeting!
Thanks it was awesome! Good next steps. 🙂 I actually brought forward your photo in my mind’s eye at one point. Cool, Frank.
Exciting to hear that the photo helped you with your meeting!
What a gorgeous picture. And how wonderful to be there when the evening and morning golden hours merge.
Thank you! It’s not the best time of year for sleeping, but it was magical!
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What a beautiful picture!! I’ve never been to where it truly doesn’t get dark – it must be amazing! Today we had our longest day as well, but it was stormy and a bit wild. Enjoy!!
It’s an amazing experience, as you get just a bit of dusk in the middle of the night. When I was in Scotland before, it was close to that, as by 3 am it was light already.
That’s incredible. It’s on my bucket list to go to the Arctic in the summer – but anywhere where there’s just a bit of dusk at night would do!
Absolutely beautiful photo Frank.
Thank you, Miriam!
Beautiful! I don’t think of Iceland as a pretty place, but I guess it really is.
Thank you! Iceland is incredibly photogenic! I’d love to go there for 6 months just to photograph a region of it.