One of the downsides to living in Alaska, even though we technically have 24 hours of sunlight in the summer, is that we often get weeks of rain and don’t see the sun. It is depressing when it is 49 degrees outside in July with pouring rain and friends back home are blowing up Facebook with photos of swimsuits, pool parties, and backyard barbecues. (Of course, when it is sunny and 70 degrees in summer there is no better place to be on Earth.)
In an effort to appease the Sun God as we enter the rainy season, below is a photo essay of pictures I’ve taken of the sun around the world. Perhaps the sun will see my tribute and bless me with a daily appearance.
Photos of the Sun from Around the World
Venice, Italy
Etosha National Park, Namibia
Agra, India
Santorini, Greece
Meteora, Greece
Gili Air, Indonesia
Istanbul, Turkey
Cappadocia, Turkey
Hania, Greece
Borobudor Temple, Indonesia
Weatherford, Oklahoma
Gustavus, Alaska
Pantai Bira, Indonesia
Glacier Bay, Alaska
Gloss Mountains, Oklahoma
La Cumbre, Argentina
Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma
Islamorada, Florida
Ko Lanta, Thailand
Okay, sun, there is my offering. Please come out soon.
Planet Bell 
If I were Ra, I’d be quite pleased with your ode! Shining set of images!
Thank you Laura!
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Such beautiful photos, Jeff…I hope you get some sun especially this coming weekend 😉
Me too, Kat. It is raining really hard today. Thanks for commenting.
What a beautiful set of photos Jeff. Surely they will encourage the sun Gods to shine upon your corner of the world!
Thanks Lynn. If this doesn’t work, I may have to resort to more drastic measures.
Pretty pictures. Almost make me forget about the heat index! Here in East Texas, I will trade you some 105 degree heat and a month of no rain for your 49 degrees monsoon season.
I don’t miss the intense summer heat. 49 and rain is a nice winter day in east TX!
What a beautiful collection. You’ve obviously lived in the moment when you had the sun. Is it sunnier in the winter in Alaska?
It can be sunnier in the winter, but not really. The dry season in Southeast Alaska is May and June. We had a great May/June, but the rain is settling in now.
If National Geographic hasn’t called yet they will be. You know I am a big fan Jeff but these truly are some of your very best. Wowza!
Thanks Sue. The sun has a way of making photos very dramatic. Putting this together I realized how blessed I am to have photos from such varied places.
Although my photos are nothing like yours, they do inspire gratitude at all of the places we have visited.
An exquisite collection of photographs. Long may they shine 🙂
Alison
Thank you!
I still say your Meteora photo is your best ever.
Agreed.
The Sun always makes me happy. Actually hubby thinks I have “Seasonal Affective Disorder” as when it rains I get grumpy and moody. Duh. Love your sun photos. Don’t worry, the sun will come out tomorrow…. 😉
There could be something to your SADs. Maybe you should move somewhere sunny 🙂 We bought our plane tickets for the winter. Hint: we are going somewhere sunny for 10 weeks.
Florida? hahah… or maybe Mexico! With this travel nurse job, we try to follow the sun, keeps my blues away. 🙂
You are getting close…
Puerto Rico? Bahamas? 🙂
Almost…
Great photos as always Jeff! I love your unique posts like this 🙂
Thank you very much!
Stunning photos – every single one!
Are you not on Instagram? All the cool kids are doing it:)
Thank you! I am not on Instagram and I’m not that cool. I don’t really own a cell phone.
These are all …well, freakishly good, but this morning I was more in the mood for the moon. Someone said they liked Meteora best, and yeah, for full-bore-epic effect, it would be hard to beat. But that first one of Venice somehow appeals to the inner oarsman in me.
You don’t own a cell phone? That’s funny because only two months ago, I bought my first smartphone. And a couple of my students helped me get on Instagram. I have like four photos on there.
Thank you baddish. To say that I don’t own a cell phone is true, but only partly. For the last 11 years, I have had a work cell phone but I always turn it in during my winter break. My wife has a cell phone that I use, but we don’t get cell reception here anyway. We have to drive 10 miles to use it. So, I guess that is another thing we have in common.
Count yourself lucky. They cause brain damage!