Saturday, June 8, 2013

Some observations about the weather here in northern Iceland:
Temperatures hover between 45-60F during the day, and just a bit lower for a few hours in the evening.  The midnight sun keeps the temp up during the evening, but when a cold front moves in, as it did last night (Friday night), it can rapidly down-shift into cold. The sun comes and goes: about 65-70% of the time, it is overcast to varying degrees (this was also the case in Reykjavik while I was there.)  The wind was high earlier in the week, but it's subsided.

The midnight sun: this is what you experience during the summer days.  The longest day of the year is approaching; at night, the sun dips just below the horizon for only a short time, allowing the sky to dim a bit, but then rises again and is visible the remainder of the night.  We have black-out shades in our rooms here at Baer, but the light will creep through the edges...during a clear night, it can keep me up.  It's not so much the light that bothers me, but my mind/body keep thinking it is 6pm.  All the time.  I find myself getting up at 3am and working in the studio for a bit.

Speaking of the studio: here it is.
It's a wonderful working space. The skylight takes this midnight sun component and works it to our advantage.  Constant, indirect, cool light.

This shows a somewhat typical view outside of the studio building:
We are flanked by a stunning mountain range on one side, water on the other. Across that water is yet another, larger range of mountains.  Farms line the mountain bases in sparse dots, but the land itself, to the south, is flat like Kansas.  This is the edge of the world...and it is cool and beautiful.

2 comments:

  1. fascinating. I don't know if I could take the Sun at night.

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  2. Looks raw, rough and exciting. I remember dealing with the midnight sun years ago in Scotland...once I got used to it was able to get some sleep. Enjoying following your blog. And, as usual, love the work you produce.
    Sarah R

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