Thread: Have you any information about the midnight Sun?
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Old 07-September-2006, 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Attiyah Zahdeh View Post
Who did coin the name "midnight Sun" and when?
Who knows? The concept has probably been around as long as people have been living above the Arctic Circle.

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Why did they use the word "midnight"?
Because the sun is visible at midnight. Why is this so hard to understand? Did you perform the experiment with a globe and flashlight?
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