Admittedly I missed the equinox by a day, but as I found myself awake at dawn on the second shortest night of the year, I decided it was a nice opportunity to head out with my camera and grab some photos at 3:30 am.
One of the best things about North Europe (and, I would imagine, northern America or Asia) is the bright nights during summer. Close to the summer solstice, the sun goes down around 11-ish and already returns at ca. 4 am. As much as I enjoy the night, I really can’t function properly if I have to get out of bed before sunrise, but at this time of year I often find myself going to bed after the sun is up. Case in point: this entire weekend.
Unfortunately I only gave myself half an hour for my nocturnal expedition, because I didn’t want to go to bed later than 4 am, so I didn’t manage to find a really perfect place to photograph. The best I could do was an artificial hill in one of the parks near my house, and of course the view towards the east was mostly obscured by trees. I did manage to get a few good shots though, and these are them:
Nice
I recognized the first one \o/
You know where I live!