Fin natt mellom 1. og 2. juni 2011. Midnattsolformørkelse og godt lag rundt kaffebålet.

Kvelden så ikke så lovende ut, skyene lå ned i fjellene, å noen regndråper kom det på turen opp.

Men da den store «happeningen» skulle skje, klarnet det opp å ble et flott skue. Bildene er tatt i Kaldfjord på Kvaløya, utafor Tromsø.

A solar eclipse in the middle of the night? Yes, it can happen. Sky watchers in the Arctic witnessed such an event on June 1st when the Moon partially eclipsed the midnight sun.

This will be the first midnight Sun eclipse in Norway since 2000 and the deepest one since 1985," says Ødegaard. "Scandinavians must wait until 2084 for an even deeper midnight eclipse."

Norwegian readers will be interested to know that the eclipse can be viewed from the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Trøndelag, Nordland, Troms, Finnmark as well as Spitsbergen. The event begins at 22:37 local time (20:37 UT) and ends at 00:22 (22:22 UT).

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