The Arctic Light from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Here's an evening dose of nature appreciation. Terje Sørgjerd, a Norwegian photographer and filmmaker, is an amazing artist. He is known for producing incredible time-lapse videos. Check this video of the Arctic's "Midnight sun." The footage is from April 29th through May 10th of last year, leading up to the Midnight Sun - 24 consecutive hours of sunlight on the archipelago Lofoten in Norway.

According to Wikipedia: "The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle, and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather, the sun is visible for a continuous 24 hours, mostly north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle. The number of days per year with potential midnight sun increases the farther poleward one goes."

The lighting is so dramatic. In Svolvær, one of the towns in Lofoten, the sun will stay above the horizon from May 25 to July 17, and it never rises from December 4 to January 7. Wikipedia says, "Since the Earth's axis is tilted with respect to the ecliptic by approximately 23 degrees 27 minutes, the sun does not set at high latitudes in (local) summer. The duration of the midnight sun increases from one day during the summer solstice at the polar circle to approximately six months at the poles. At extreme latitudes, it is usually referred to as polar day."

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