Midnight sun
Dec 21, 2010
Midnight sun in Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway (c. 1890).
In recognition of the Winter Solstice, a couple more photochrom prints from the Library of Congress collection. And some music…
• Midnight Sun by Lionel Hampton | Midnight Sun (song version) by Nancy Wilson.
Midnight sun, Bell Sound, Norway (c. 1890).
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#1 posted by matthew brandi
Dec 21st, 2010
This version always gets me:
Midnight Sun by June Christy
#2 posted by John
Dec 21st, 2010
Lovely music. (Also the title of a novel by Ramsey Campbell: a horror novel with no violence. It’s like Twin Peaks with snow.)
#3 posted by John
Dec 21st, 2010
Matthew: That’s a great one as well. Until I started searching I hadn’t realised there were so many cover versions. I know it mainly from Lionel Hampton’s original.
John: That’s one of Ramsey’s I still haven’t read.
#4 posted by Thombeau
Dec 22nd, 2010
What absolutely gorgeous images. A blessed Solstice to you!
PS I love June Christy, and have always adored the way she sings the phrase “alabaster palace” in that song. Sigh…