Unfortunately, even secluded towns suffer because of light diffusion in the atmosphere. The only places left where you can see it, the way it was before electric lights, are mountains and extremely far places (think middle of the ocean or the poles)
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FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 1 year ago
In my parents farm the night sky is perfectly visible. They live far from any town and there are no lights you can’t just turn off so sometimes I just look at the sky when I’m visiting.
Plenty of places like this still in my country thankfully.
khalic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
negativeyoda@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve always lived in cities and didn’t see the milky way until I was in my 30s.
Anyhow, I took my kid camping last weekend and she couldn’t believe how many stars there were. We were both enjoying it but then the string of SpaceX satellites went by and kind of ruined the moment
havokdj@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I laughed at that last part. I am sorry that happened to you but it is pretty funny.
khalic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can’t even watch the stars without that dumbass spamming your view field
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 year ago
We were just up in the mountains last weekend, it was by far the best stargazing I have ever experienced in my 40 years. I could see the Andromeda galaxy with the naked eye.
Anyway, I counted over 15 satellites during the 2 hours I was outside, as well as 2 very bright meteors. Plus we saw the international space station and an iridium flare.