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Project Acronym: GYGY | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5011

ins.: 2009-04-30 02:00, 16 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: Elgygytgyn
Elgygytgyn

Elgygytgyn: 2009-04-30

Night is becoming day at Lake E -- Twilight is ...
Lake E is located about 100 km north of the Arctic Circle so by late May its light all day and night long. Even here in late April, there is enough twilight at 1:30 in the morning that you can see across the entire crater.

Night is becoming day at Lake E -- Twilight is growing so that now our nights are not as dark as a few weeks ago. The sun goes down behind the rim of the crater about 9 PM but it doesn't get dark until nearly 11:30 and is light again by 3:30 or 4 AM. The picture here was taken around 1:30 AM and you can see 15 km (9.3 miles) across the crater; the smallest dot of light above the housing is the drill rig 7.25 km (4.5 miles) from camp. The brightly lit building on the left is the kitchen/mess hall.