We spent most of the night at Fairbanks' Summer Soltice Festival in downtown Fairbanks. On this day, the longest of the year, the sun set around 1 a.m. and rose around 3 a.m. However, it never gets "dark" here in the summer. After the sun sets, it's dusky. In June, we have what is considered 24 hours a day of "functional daylight." As you can see by my fingers, it was 8 p.m. here!

Here's 9 p.m.!

10 p.m. and the sun's still beaming!

11 p.m and you can see the sun over the lightpost in the middle of the picture

Midnight and the sun is visible behind the larger tree

1 a.m. - just after sunset. As you can see, even on a cloudy night, there's still a lot of light outside.

2 a.m. - starting to look darker, right?

Not for long! Here's 3 a.m. - around sunrise!

Alaska lives up to its nickname: "Land of the Midnight Sun!" This picture was taken at MIDNIGHT!