It’s Midsummer — or the summer solstice —
When we celebrate the longest day and shortest night.
The sun still shines strongly at 10.30 at night,
Painting the sky with wisps of light
And sending coloured clouds of happiness and peace our way.
For more summer (or winter) skies, please visit: Skywatch.
A lovely phenomena to witness:)
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I dare you to post photos of the truth tomorrow?! Swedes huddled together sheltering from the sheets of rain! C’mon, we both know the truth 🙂
~The Dippylomat esq.
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LOL! After a blazing hot morning, it’s already started raining. So rain won’t come as a surprise. In fact, I’d be surprised if we can pretend to be little frogs without getting wet!
Enjoy your day.
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I just grin and bear it..lie back and think of England, Adrian, just think of England.
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loving me some colored happiness and peace….going to be a really hot one here today…may topple into the 100s so getting my color in early…smiles.
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I know the longest day but have never experienced it. I’m curious how I would feel. Thanks for sharing the beautiful photo
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Every country has a longest day, it is just that Sweden’s drags on for bloody ages – trust me, the only thing you miss is a good nights sleep!
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I love these long long white nights! (Makes a nice change from the long dark winter nights…)
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A wonderful place, great pictures, I love those pinkish tones of the sunset.
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Happy Mid-Winter!
I can only assume that the people who were not looking at the sky must have had some form of “Commuter Madness”.
Stewart M
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Wonderful photo and fantastic place to relax!Have a nice weekend!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/6296796?day=1
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Ha ha! Just in time for maypole dancing.
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Just wonderful !
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We have been attacked by rain, it’s bad for midsummer, drat. It looks like you have a real midsummer and warm, I love your photos.
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Yeah, I loved being in Stockholm last week, the long days really did help maximise my enjoyment of what is now my favourite city in Europe!
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So beautiful 🙂
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Always a day I look forward to, and you have captured it so beautifully!
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Happy Summer Solstice to you (belated now… ha)…. We never have the sun shining here at 10:30 at night… It gets dark here about 8:30 p.m. —but during the winter, it starts getting dark about 4:30 p.m.
Fabulous photos… Love the colors.
Hugs,
Betsy
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beautiful
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this is bliss…
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Beautiful, with such a peacefulness about the scene. 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Stunning colors, amazing view, you are very fortunate.
The other night we had a unusually beautiful light like that, and I stood in the back yard and took photo after photo. I thought of you…and your beautiful shots.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
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I’m glad someone got an uninterrupted view of the sky – we’ve had so much cloud cover, I didn’t notice the longest day!
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And we are so happy our shortest day is over with. Now the days can get longer again. 🙂
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Certainly one would be grateful for the sun lingering long over such a beautiful, tranquil scene. Life definitely looks “peachy” there.
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These long sunny evenings are the reward for those long dark days in winter. I remember living in the tropics and thinking it was kind of boring to have no change in the length of your days and nights. Twelve hours of each. Dark at six in the evening the whole year through,
Beautiful pictures, as always. Mother nature makes the most fabulous art!
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The sun still shines at 22:30 on summer solstice? I’d like to experience the midnight sun. In my part of the world, sun sets at about 19:30. The photos took my breath away as always. I feel the promise of tomorrow.
Yoko
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stunningly beautiful.
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Gorgeous Summer Solstice skies and superb captures for the day! Glorious was to end a day — any day! Hope you have a wonderful and beautiful weekend!
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~~Magical.~~
The longest day & the shortest night. I want that ALL the time, Lady Fi. Xxx
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The color of the sky (and water) is absolutely beautiful. You’ve perfectly captured the magic of that evening.
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Beautiful photos. I can’t believe it’s already the summer solstice…it seems like winter was not so long ago…
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Darn!!! You’re right! It is the summer solstice…which means the days will start getting shorter!!! I love the long days and short nights!!!
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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So beautiful! I just love these long nordic summer nights, at least when they look like this 🙂
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Wonderful shots, love them!
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Its a beauty, all we have is cloud and rain – on the longest day, summer now slowly turns to autumn then winter is upon us – yet again, so thank you for brightening up the Longest day for me.
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Oh, to have sunlight until 10:30 pm … sigh
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just spectacular!! you have the prettiest views (and take the time to notice and share them, too!)
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I could look at that every day.
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Lady Fi, beautiful and peaceful scenes and sky! Gorgeous images. Thanks for sharing, happy skywatching.
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Wonderful midnight sun Fi …. And we are celebrating our shortest day.
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In a word, beautiful!
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beautiful sunsets!
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Great for you!
After that day, the day will begin to get shorter though…
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Amazing photos! Just gorgeous!
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Summer rocks!
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Sometimes I think of your lake randomly during the day, and it always brings a smile and a feeling of peace and contentment. You are a world away from me, but somehow our spirits manage to cross the distance.
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You are very good at capturing the most serene scenes. The colors are so soothing.
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Your photos are an excellent tribute to the wonder and beauty of this special time.
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beautiful! I hope someone danced! 🙂
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Well, my comment didn’t show up! Those photos are so beautiful, I could think of no words, and just sighed. WordPress didn’t hear me, I guess.
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Wow, spectacular! The sun shining at 10:30 pm is something I haven’t experienced. Sunset where I live is around 9:00 pm right now.
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I love this time of year!
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10:30 night Sun is out? Over time 🙂
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Enjoy your summer, here it goes up to 44-45 degrees centigrade! We want rains!
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Amazing shots… We have had our Winter Solstice, of course and our longest, darkest night…
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Beautiful and romantic. I am greeting
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Fabulous sun and setting at serene! Wonderful to see the night sun 🙂
I know the midnight sun is one remarkable sight at Norway.
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Oh, absolutely stunning… this makes me miss my old views so much…
Happy Midsummer to you.;) Oh and I knew you had white nights in Sweden, just though they were even more pronounced while you were in Norway.;))
xoxo
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Stunning!
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Magnificent shot on the night sun! Simple amazing
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Summer slipped in on us without a warning…one day coolish, the next day sweltering… thanks Mother Nature!
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Plenty of time to catch the sunsets….
Our shortest day of the year, and still over 10 hours of daylight.
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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These are stunning shots. So tranquil and beautiful.
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What a wonderful sight!
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I think I would recognize the author of these shots if I saw them elsewhere. Beautiful!
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Who could sleep with a sunset like that anyway.
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I miss those long summer evenings from when I lived further north, they’re wonderful. But I love the 300 days of sun we get here. Great shot!
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Strange we don’t celebrate that here. Beautiful image. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
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Very lovely to see…
Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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Lovely pictures!! Amazing!! Supersnygga motiv. Trevlig Midsommarhelg!
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Love the photos Lady Fi, have a great weekend.
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I’m not sure I’d appreciate that much sunlight, but it does give fantastic colors!
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Simply gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing. And thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment;o)
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Have a nice weekend****
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Oh my this is just gorgeous, love it!! Thanks for the visit!
Mary, MI
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Gorgeous.
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Passed mid-winter in Melbourne – we have started the upswing!
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Beautiful — love the reflections on the water…
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Beautiful midsummer sky and captured so well.Have a great weekend!
Shantana
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This picture is gorgeous!! Love to be sitting next to that tree.
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Too beautiful!
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truly magical!
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Oh wow.. just gorgeous. I envy your long summer days but wouldn’t want the flip side.. winter.
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GORGEOUS! peaceful and calm! Stunning photos! =) Same as here, the sun shines until 10:30 at night! a wonderful time it is! 🙂 Further up in Norway, but still same county as Røros is situated, actually Trøndelag, in the north of the county the sun shines night as day in midsummer, minus 2 houres (uhuu- I’ve forgot exactly when..)
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the light is so gorgeous and you are definitely taking full advantage of it. Lovely
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why, that is a majestic scenery… 😉
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