Alaska Winter Solstice Timelapse

Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S. – Winter days are cold and short. This timelapse compresses 3 hours, 40 minutes into a video 1 minute, 15 seconds long. The interval between images is 10 seconds. The view is south toward the Alaska Mountain Range. © Eric Muehling. All rights reserved.

CAMERA: Images were shot in RAW format using a Canon EOS 70D camera. Camera settings: Image preview off, Auto power off Disabled, ISO Auto range 100-800, Av, F8. The Canon camera had a 2-battery grip to extend battery life.

LENS: Tokina F2.8 11-16mm lens set at 14mm on manual focus (infinity).

INTERVALOMETER: Vello Wireless Shutterboss.

EDITING: Raw images (5472x3648) @ 20mb were converted to lower-resolution (1920x1080) jpeg using Adobe Lightroom. Post production with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere.

The outside temperature was -6 degrees (F). The camera and intervalometer were inside an insulated, heated plastic tub. The lens extended through a hold cut into the side of the tub. A 12-volt (deep cycle) vehicle battery kept a light on inside the plastic tub to keep the camera and intervalometer warm. The temperature inside the tub was 6 degrees (F).

I hope these technical details help you to make a good timelapse video.

[Lloyd-D-wt]

Thanks for posting this. I've been showing my students a photo taken in Fairbanks on the solstice, but now I have this to show them.

[lpenguin]

Wow it's like a pretty sunrise/sunset the entire time

[SomeRussianSoup]

This makes me feel awe, not depressed.

[paull]

Looks very nice with the snow cover and the sun being low in the sky all day. It makes the snow look beautiful and orange. This is definitely not depressing in my opinion.

[thorin]

Winter solstice here in Whitehorse Yukon canada at 61 degrees north latitude.

Daylight hours: 11:09-16:47. 5 hours and 38 minutes of sunlight
Nighttime hours: 16:47-11:09. 18 hours and 22 minutes of twilight and dark.

[kkalluri]

Amazing vedio, salutes to the human who survived such extreme conditions by adopting to nature

[Landonmoto]

Call me weird but the lack of sunlight never bothered me, it was an experience unique to Alaska, and I embraced it!

[yoube]

Very nicely framed with solar noon happening right above the road in the middle of the screen :)
Although, these cold and short days on northern latitudes around this time of the year are depressing, the good news is that things can only get brighter going forward, hello sunshine and warmth...

[ЯрославШевченко-хй]

Much more positive than on a polar night!
Thanks for posting!

[AfzalSiddiqui]

Amazing Video! For the first time I felt how might it feel living in Alaska during the winter solstice!

[chg]

I lived on Ft. Wainwright from 1981-1983. I remember this well. It wasn't much better in Minnesota.

[jarimikkola]

I lived in Finland for MANY years smack in the center, in a township called Tampere. This becomes normal and you get used to it. On the otherhand though, in the SUMMER the Sun barely dips below the horizon giving us 24 hours of light!

[cebedojames]

Thats nice man its like a 3 hour sunrise then sunset!

[Relaxing.Places]

Amazing timelapse and beautiful music. Thanks for sharing. I've liked it 💙💙

[satan]

Even when the sun is up, it’s so low that it still looks dim. Imagine months of not getting good quality sunlight? Sucks

[bibleandblues]

Got yourself a nice little semi viral video there! Good job! After the solstice they gain 10 minutes a day there. I've only been there once, last April. It was still near full day at 10 pm

[lizpriest]

Thank you for this beautiful Post...Happy New Year to You...

[seaweedbeach]

So it's a constant sunrise/set for a few hours, that's so fascinating

[sectorgovernor]

I would watch it. It looks like a 3 hours sunset😍

[Pianomam]

What a cool video! I've been wondering what it's like there now, thanks!