midnight suns

A form of midnight sun — The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of midnight sun

    Fox fires and midnight suns

    2010, Roger Norum, The Rough Guide to Finland
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    Eight midnight suns. I photographed the sun every twenty minutes, beginning at 11 p.m., and finishing at 1:20 a.m.

    1920, Illustrated London News, volume 67, page 1065

    Crime is not the first thing that comes to mind at the thought of Sweden or Norway. More likely it's fantastic fjords, social democracies, IKEA, Saab, H&M, saunas, pine forests, white interiors, Ingmar Bergman, dark winters, midnight suns....

    2011, Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer, John-Henri Holmberg, The Tattooed Girl, page 114
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