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[icepixie]

I am vidding, and have two observations:

1.) Man, Northern Exposure sure had a lot of night shots. (Understandable, I suppose, since, hey, set in Alaska, with eighteen hours of darkness for half the year. Still.)

2.) Their directors and/or cinematographers (I am unclear on exactly who decides to film a scene from an unusual angle or that a shot will be tracking instead of static and things like that) were amazing. This is one of the most beautifully shot TV shows I've ever seen. I love the way they make use of the transitions from indoors to outdoors around the radio station, Ruth-Anne's shop, and Fleischman's office. I'm also fond of all the overhead shots.

I have a good feeling about this vid. I'm mostly done; it's just about eight seconds towards the end that are giving me fits. Everything I try just seems kind of blah. It'll work out, though, even if I have to do some rearranging.

Current mouse status: Silent. But last night it didn't start up until almost midnight, so this means nothing. At least only seems to move around for two or three hours at a time before going silent the rest of the night and day.

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[celamity]

I see that Alaska suffers from the same daylight misconceptions as here.

November-january would be darker than you expected, with 18 hours of darkness at a latitude of 60N in december.

February and october would have something like 15 hours of darkness.

At the equinoxes, in september and march, 12 hours of day and night, just like everywhere else on the planet.

April-early september, Alaska would have more daylight than you expected, up to 18 hours of sun in june at 60N latitude which would be combined with twilight that never quite faded but might give about 3 hours of 'night' time.

(Last night, here at 70N latitude, I saw stars for the first time since early april.)

[icepixie]

Oh, I know even winter isn't relentless darkness up north; I was just engaging in a bit of hyperbole. :)

The show itself was purposefully vague about how far north the town was, and purposefully wrong a few times as well--no way was it possible to have days on end of no daylight or no nighttime (not even twilight, just bright sun or pitch dark for 24 hours at a stretch), respectively, but they had episodes centered on those circumstances nonetheless. Artistic license, I guess.

I was in Scotland (56N) in late June a few years ago, and I remember being utterly astounded at the fact that I was going to bed before the sun had finished setting--at 10:30.

[celamity]

I've passed through the town where the series was filmed ) (Small place in the middle of Washington)

It's been too long since I've watched the series, so I can't remember much of it, but I do remember liking it. I also remember that if they did manage to scrounge up a day of full darkness it would hardly be the oddest thing to happen there.

*adds pictures of daylight in midwinter to things I should post list*

[icepixie]

I've passed through the town where the series was filmed

Oh, how cool! I've wanted to go there since I got into the show about ten years ago...it's not something I'd make a special trip for (I hear there's not a lot to do once you take a picture of the cafe mural), but if I were up that way for another reason I'd totally detour.

I also remember that if they did manage to scrounge up a day of full darkness it would hardly be the oddest thing to happen there.

Bwahahaha. Very true. :D

[celamity]

(And I have friends, both visiting and not, who have believed that it's pitch black here all day in february, even late february. It isn't.)