midnight sun seen on Ars Electronica Center media-facade, July 14.-20.7.

MIDNIGHTsun streamed to Ars Electronica Center’s facade 15.7.-21.7.

15.7.-21.7.2009

and afterwards the ‘live’ sunset will be on the facade on the following wednesdays and sundays:

29.7. / 2.8. / 5.8. / 9.8.

various evenings 15th-21st july 2009

the night of 15th July

midnight sun stream schedule

THE MIDNIGHT SUN -stream

the stream is running at the moment 24h (if the sky is clear)

Midnight sun giving some troubles

Our well thought out technical-set-up has given us some sleepless nights. We are currently changing the technical system for the streaming of the sun. Be patient.

erich with self-built network antenna made from perfectly sized peach-can

Midnight Sun transmitted

About: The midnight sun phenomenon, in which the sun remains visible in the sky continuously for 24 hr or longer, is occurring only in the polar regions. The midnight sun is due to the fact that the plane of the earth’s equator is tilted about 23 1/2 ° to the plane of the ecliptic (the apparent path of the sun through the sky). Thus, at the summer solstice (about June 22), the sun is still visible on the horizon at midnight at all points along the Arctic Circle , 23 1/2 ° of latitude from the North Pole.

A quarter of Finland’s territory lies north of the Arctic Circle and at the country’s northernmost point the sun does not set for 73 days during summer.

Transmission to Linz: The midnight sun that circles around the sky in Kilpisjärvi will be transmitted to the dark Central European night of Linz. The sun will be filmed from a top of the Saana fell and live-streamed to Linz where for four days it will be present in real-time in the middle of the city.

The sun can also be tracked in real time on the internet during the project.