In Orkney and Shetland, Selkies are known to shed their skins to sing and dance at midsummer. This magical time when the sun never fully sinks below the horizon is called the “simmer dim.” 🌅🦭💖
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #selkies #SelkieMoon #orkney #shetland #midsummer #simmerdim
Darkish silhouette for rooftops to the right and across the bottom of the image, and trees to the right. Lightish dusky blue sky blending to yellows and orange above a distant line of cloud on the horizon.
Not bad for midnight! Heading away for a much needed break tomorrow but I know I'll be glad to come back home to #Orkney after it 😍 #SimmerDim
Yes, it is a video.
Hoswick at 11.20pm,
Wednesday 2 July.
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#Shetland #SimmerDim #WhiteNights #ScotlandIsNow
Dark silhouette of house roof and trees with streaks of oranges into blue visible to the north in the sky showing the light still visible in Orkney at 1am on 22.06.25
Randomly woke up & went outside to take a nice #SimmerDim photo to post for the #Solstice
Then I saw a news update 😱I really did hope this was another case of all talking from the buffoon in the White House. The #nuclear threat comes from US/Israel causing another Chernobyl by bombing Iranian sites!
Mood Board Monday: the “simmer dim” is a term used in Orkney and Shetland to describe the twilight days of the summer solstice when the sun sets but never sinks below the horizon. 🌊☀️🐚
#moodboardmonday #summersolstice #simmerdim #orkney #orkneyislands #Selkies #SelkieMoon #summeroftheselkie
Still fairly light sky with a few light clouds passing through above the dark silhouette of a roofline and treetop.
With a week till the Summer Solstice, it is the season of the #SimmerDim in the Northern Isles. Sunset was over an hour ago now but it's still fairly light. Sunrise is just over 4 hours away... #Orkney #Sunset #Sunrise
A red deer stag silhouetted against the sea and an orange sky in Scotland. The simmer dim, where nights never get dark
Dark silhouette of sycamore trees and other brackets with a post sunset sky (at 11pm) the line of the hills towards Rendall on the opposite side of the bay and then deep reddish orange merging into sky blue.
Dark silhouette of sycamore trees and rooftops with a post sunset sky (at 11pm) a shimmer of Kirkwall bay below the line of the hills towards Rendall on the opposite side of the bay and then deep reddish orange merging into sky blue.
I went outside about 11pm to rescue my washing and caught these colours in the sky 😍 There is a part of me that lives in #Orkney for the joy of this time of year! You can feel the #SimmerDim is just around the corner
Another sunset dogwalk, sun going down over #eynhallow the Holy Island (Norse = Eyin Helga) with ruins of a medieval chapel. http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/eynhallow/index.html #eynhallowsound #rousay #orkney #simmerdim #scottishislands #norse
Dramatic sky over Bay of Skaill for tonight's dog walk! #bayofskaill #sandwick #skarabrae #loveorkney #visitorkney #orkneyskies #scottishcoast #scottishislands #seascape #sunsrays #twilight #sunset #simmerdim… www.instagram.com/p/By6MtyRAM_a/
#orkneysunset #simmerdim @ Stromness www.instagram.com/p/BkI0mkyFkhs/
