The sun is now visible in Reykjavik for four hours and five minutes—if you’re lucky. Like today, you need to be on the southern side of a hill or slope to catch it, as the sun only manages to reach 2.7° above the horizon at noon in Reykjavík. When the sun’s elevation falls below 9°, as it does in the capital from November 10 to February 1, the sunlight doesn’t significantly warm the Earth’s surface.
Today at noon, the solar elevation in Grímsey or Grjótnes on Melrakkaslétta is just 0.5°. In simpler terms, only half of the golden sun nonchalantly peeks above the horizon for a little over an hour, leaving more than 22 hours without sunlight.
Here are photos from today, where Icelandic Times / Land & Saga captured the sun shining gloriously in Reykjavík—if only for a brief instant.
Reykjavík, December 18, 2024
A7C R, A7R IV – FE 1.2/50mm GM, FE 2.8/100mm GM
Images & Text: Páll Stefánsson
