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Months in the Midnight Sun

Far above the Arctic Circle, the landscape around Utqiaġvik, Alaska, transforms from a frozen tundra to a mosaic of ponds during its 84 days without a sunset.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Months in the Midnight Sun.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published May 27, 2025
Data acquired August 6, 2023

Source:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2