AY Honor Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun

Skill Level

1

Year

2014

Version

02.09.2026

Approval authority

General Conference

Overview

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

3. Find a place where you can observe the sun at its lowest position during the night and do the following:

a. Calculate the exact time for the sun's lowest position (take into consideration daylight saving time if applicable).

b. Stay awake until the sun has reached its lowest position and take a landscape picture that shows the sun and some surrounding nature. Make sure not to look directly into the sun without proper protection.

c. Look around you and take note of how the nature reacts to the continuous sunlight.

d. Find information on the time period the midnight sun phenomenon is visible at your point of observation.