The northernmost U.S. city, Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, Alaska, has said goodbye to daylight for the next two months, entering the annual phase of darkness, also called Polar Night, said Judson Jones, a meteorologist. CNN.
In the small town north of the Arctic Circle, with 4,000 citizens, the Sun rose for the last time on November 18 and will not appear until January 22, when the sun will rise again.
The climate of the city is very cold, being the cloudiest city on Earth.Scientists explain that the Polar Night is due to the fact that the Earth is tilted relative to the Sun.Polar night does not mean dark darkness, thanks to the phenomena of scattering light from the atmosphere and refraction.During the „day”, the Sun is below the horizon, so there is an indirect light coming from the Sun, however there is no direct light from the Sun.
This is not the only natural phenomenon that makes the city stand out. Another interesting natural phenomenon, called Polar Day, happens in the summer months, when the Sun is in the sky all day and all night.
Consequently, there is only one sunrise and one sunset per year in this city, the Sun rises at the spring equinox and sets during the autumn;
However, the inhabitants of the small town do not panic, as we panicked, at the mere false news, at some alarmist headlines, such as „Blackout in Europe” or „Europe, one step away from remaining in total darkness for days on end”, regarding a power outage across Europe for 14 days.
We believe that life ends without electricity for several days in a row. We start to despair, we prepare for the worst, we try to adapt, we reserve resources, although the „sensational” news was only spread quickly and thus created hysteria among people and online.
It all started with the Austrian Minister of Defense on September 30, who wanted to urge people to prepare for exceptional situations, instructing the population to know how to react in the event of a major power outage.
The information also reached the Romanian press and what was an assumption for the warning campaign in Austria, became a certainty for our press.
We know that this would affect everything from electricity sources in homes, shops, factories, to services such as telephony, internet, traffic lights, ATMs.
Disinformation experts say it’s a good idea to take a few steps to make sure we don’t create false information.
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