2006-09-24 01:00:58 · 8 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It's an expression used above the arctic line. In northern Canada, Alaska, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia, all experience a season of "white nights". Where the dead of night still looks like dusk.
There was a movie called "White Nights" with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Gregory Hines.
2006-09-24 06:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by amish-robot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The White Nights describes the few weeks around the summer solstice in June in areas of high latitude during which darkness is never complete due to late sunsets and early sunrises. The White Nights are a time of celebration in areas such as Saint Petersburg, Russia. Owing to the high northern latitude (60 degrees), the Sun does not set until after 10PM, and the twilight lasts much longer. Most residences in such northern latitudes have heavy draperies and shades to aid sleep during this period.
2006-09-24 01:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by kev 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The White Nights describes the few weeks around the summer solstice in June in areas of high latitude during which darkness is never complete due to late sunsets and early sunrises. The White Nights are a time of celebration in areas such as Saint Petersburg, Russia. Owing to the high northern latitude (60 degrees), the Sun does not set until after 10PM, and the twilight lasts much longer. Most residences in such northern latitudes have heavy draperies and shades to aid sleep during this period.
2006-09-24 01:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you mean White Knights! Otherwise its the night of a full moon
2006-09-24 03:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by vmaddams 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Australia it means when a cricketer is still wearing his cricket whites after the match when he's at the pub, and stays there all night.
2006-09-24 21:29:24 · answer #5 · answered by mitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very popular with certain members of our community.
Used in a commercial sense they are jackals moving for the kill in an ailing company in the guise of rescuers.
2006-09-24 02:13:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you didn't mean Knights as in horseman of the crusade.
Although "Cristi@ns" answer is spot-on factually, he copied and paste the answer straight off wikipedia (see below), which to me is cheating.
Just wanted to expose people for point fixing, and because they can't be bothered to write their own answers.
2006-09-24 01:13:53 · answer #7 · answered by Bont11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Full moon nights. You can just about see everything. Very eerie.
Very big, very bright moon.
2006-09-24 01:02:56 · answer #8 · answered by Moorglademover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋