letter_d@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat were the skies like when you were younger?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down19
arrow-up1150arrow-down1imageWhat were the skies like when you were younger?i.imgur.comletter_d@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareRhaedas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoNight sky had the Milky Way. Same place now, can probably only see a hundred stars total.
minus-squareletter_d@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 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-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.
minus-squareKyle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou might still see it in the desert.
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.
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.
You might still see it in the desert.