Why does alaska have so much daylight?

Answer 1

Alaska, as well as other locations in the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, experiences a natural occurrence called midnight sun during the summer solstice. During this time, the sun is visible for a full 24 hours due to the tilt of the Earthâ??s axis, as well as the location of the land. The opposite occurs during winter; a polar night is when the sun stays below the horizon for 24 hours.

Answer 2

The earth is on an axis and when it is winter in Alaska there is les light during the day then most places. Every state has daylight savings time, ya know spring forward one hour fall back one hour. Same thing there except spring means long days and fall(winter) means longer nights.

Answer 3

The explanation is related to celestial motion and the geometry of tilt of the

Earth which spins like a top or gyroscope. The northern end of the axis points towards the North Star. Several thousand years ago the axis pointed towards the constellation of Orion. The Earth, in effect, wobbles on its axis or precesses and has a angular lean or tilt of 23.5 degrees with respect to the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

The wobble or precession has a period of about 26,000 years, so people are not aware of this motion but is noticeable over several thousand years.

The long days in Alaska has to do with the time of year/seasons. The tilt of the Earth's axis combining with the Earth's location as its' orbit the Sun account for the long days in Alaska during the summer and long nights during the winter.

The Earth has 4 notable events with regard to the length of the days and nights as it orbits the Sun. Two are called Solstices and two are called equinoxes.

The time of year when the Sun is highest over head and furthest north of the Equator corresponds to what is called the Summer Solstice or longest day of the year/shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere. The Southern Hemisphere is experiencing the Winter Solstice which is the shortest day of the year/longest night.

A half year later, the situation is reversed because the Earth on the opposite side of the Sun. The tilt of the axis remains pointing to the North Star in both positions accounting for the length of the day and night as explained.

At the time of year when the Earth experiences days and nights of equal length it is half way between its' orbital positions of the Solstices which occur in the Spring (Vernal Equinox) and Fall (Autumnal Equinox). Again the axis is always pointing to the North Star.

Answer 4

It has to do with it's placement on the globe along with the not so perfect spin of the globe.

Answer 5

it is caused my earths tilt in its axis my rotating the sun

Answer 6

In the winter Alaska is on the side tilted away from the sun

Answer 7

Beacause Of the way the earth is tilted

Answer 8

some parts of it does

Answer 9

I would never know