Winter Solstice

Winter has officially arrived in Alaska. Today is the shortest day of the year or more commonly known as Winter Solstice. In Anchorage that means 5 hours and 37 minutes of daylight. Our official sunrise was at 10:14am and sunset at 3:41pm.

I have attached a couple of photos from midday or high sun. As you can see even at the height of our day the sun just barely clears the mountain range enough to light the top of the trees around our house. During this time of year we see very little of the actual sun.

Christmas is only a few days away and then we will be looking for spring and longer days. Merry Christmas and enjoy the photos.