letter_d@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat were the skies like when you were younger?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down112
arrow-up1202arrow-down1imageWhat were the skies like when you were younger?i.imgur.comletter_d@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareRhaedas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoNight sky had the Milky Way. Same place now, can probably only see a hundred stars total.
minus-squareletter_d@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoSo much light pollution. I grew up without mountains and now live somewhere with mountains. Miss that wide open sky. Day and night.
minus-squareKyle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou might still see it in the desert.
minus-squaremarron12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHigh desert mountains are, or were, a great place to see the Milky Way. You had the mountains and the openness. It’s been a few years or 20 for me, though. No idea if those places are still dark enough.
Night sky had the Milky Way. Same place now, can probably only see a hundred stars total.
So much light pollution. I grew up without mountains and now live somewhere with mountains. Miss that wide open sky. Day and night.
You might still see it in the desert.
High desert mountains are, or were, a great place to see the Milky Way. You had the mountains and the openness. It’s been a few years or 20 for me, though. No idea if those places are still dark enough.