2006-06-20 02:31:40 · 28 answers · asked by BQZ_911 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
No.
The Sun may be visible for more than one day over the geographic North Pole during the Summer, but the day is still only about 24 hours long.
2006-06-20 02:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by manofadvntr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I noticed that nobody mentioned Antarctica! Again, I terms of the earth's rotation, the day is only 24 hours long but during the winter months there can be several days when the sun does not get above the horizon so night lasts for longer than one day during June/July. likewise in summer, December/January the sun doesn't fully set so daylight lasts for more than one day.
2006-06-21 05:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by SLH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Winter days in the Arctic circle are totally dark, 24 hours a day. A day, by definition, IS 24 hours so no day can be longer than 24 hours, no matter where you are.
2006-06-20 13:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by Craig V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. There is no place on earth where a day lasts longer than twenty hours, but between September 21st and March 21st in the southern hemisphere the night becomes longer than the day and in the nothern hemisphere between March 21st and September 21st the day becomes longer than the night!
2006-06-21 05:18:42 · answer #4 · answered by Harry Hayfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At or near both Poles (North & South). They have months of sun up in summer and months at a time of darkness in winter. It's all because of the tilt of the earth's axis. And the extra days in a leap year do not happen because of the earth's spin, they aer because the earth takes 365.25 days to orbit once around the Sun.
2006-06-20 15:47:08 · answer #5 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happens in Alaska in the winter, darkness for more than one day, but a day is always 24 hours long whether the sun is shining or not.
2006-06-20 09:57:56 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the north pole they get 24 hours of daylight continuously for six months while the south pole gets 24 hours of darkness (night).. this happens in summer.. in winter it's the opposite..
and there is no days longer than 24 hours. my dear, we live on planet EARTH. other planets have days which are way longer or shorter than us..
2006-06-20 22:18:27 · answer #7 · answered by snowdrop_crystal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alaska,
northern Scandinavian countries,
Northern Russia
2006-06-20 09:35:09 · answer #8 · answered by Why_Am_I_Here 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
North and south poles near mid summer or winter. At the moment it it continuous day at the north pole, night at the south pole
2006-06-21 05:02:59 · answer #9 · answered by bwadsp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're going to be extremely technical, every day is longer than 24 hours. Each day is technically (as an approximate average) 24.0164 hours long. This is why we have an extra day every 4 years.
2006-06-20 13:08:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋