Celebrating Alaska’s Midnight Sun

The sun caressed the clouds with a hazy glow of oranges and yellows, like a smoldering fire that didn’t want to go out. And it virtually doesn’t go out—because Anchorage, Alaska, receives almost 22 hours of daylight in summer, about five more hours than seen anywhere in the Lower 48 on solstice, said Jack Bonney of Visit Anchorage.