Today was the longest day of the year here in the north with the sun setting at 9.10pm. The Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper reports that the beautiful sunsets this year are due to forest fires in Siberia. Check out this accelerated video clip of a sunset from the Seattle PI blog, and watch for the lights on the Space Needle to start flashing as the sun sets. Here is the link : http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/07/11/thank-russia-for-seattles-gorgeous-sunsets/