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Is 'midnight sun' phenomenon caused by the atmospheric refraction? How?

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Midnight Sun is a natural phenomena which occurs at latitudes north and nearby to the south of the arctic circle and south and nearby north of the antarctic circle in summer months.
It occurs near the polar regions of the Earth. It is not due to the refraction of light.

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