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Just saw this video, made to watch in full screen mode. I think we forget sometimes how the sky really looks with all the light pollution on our planet. Beautiful, just beautiful.
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Coronafix wrote ...
Just saw this video, made to watch in full screen mode. I think we forget sometimes how the sky really looks with all the light pollution on our planet. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Let me assure you that you are not missing much, even with light pollution.
I crossed the Atlantic on a sail ship back in 1984, and as you will agree: no light pollution out there 1000 miles from the shore. I did the 2-5 watch, so had 3 hours of complete night at the helm, to watch the sky.
Although there is an abundance of stars, planes and sputnik's, there is no such thing as the cloudy interleave of the milky way, as seen on this video. The video shows you the sky as interpreted by photographic media, and it is not comparable to what you see with the naked eye.
Light pollution or not, the night sky background is always plain pitch black to the eye.
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I am sure you are partly correct about the interpretation by photographic media, but it also resides at 2.6km above sea level. I live an hour out of a major city and people are suprised how many more stars you can see here than in Melbourne. It always seems that we are looking at blown up photos of tiny regions of space, but to see our milky way so clear like this is amazing. You can see exactly where we live.
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Finn Hammer wrote ...
Coronafix wrote ...
Just saw this video, made to watch in full screen mode. I think we forget sometimes how the sky really looks with all the light pollution on our planet. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Let me assure you that you are not missing much, even with light pollution. And, yes, the sky is completely black between the stars...
I crossed the Atlantic on a sail ship back in 1984, and as you will agree: no light pollution out there 1000 miles from the shore. I did the 2-5 watch, so had 3 hours of complete night at the helm, to watch the sky.
I too have done a lot of off-shore sailing, though mostly racing and often in truly awful weather.
I always prefer night watches - there is a peace & serenity (when the weather allows) and the bioluminescent wake/bow wave is always a wonder.
The lack of light pollution and the absolute clarity of the sky is a true wonder of nature.
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Nicko wrote ...
I too have done a lot of off-shore sailing, though mostly racing and often in truly awful weather.
I always prefer night watches - there is a peace & serenity (when the weather allows) and the bioluminescent wake/bow wave is always a wonder.
The lack of light pollution and the absolute clarity of the sky is a true wonder of nature.
Ah! A fellow hobby sailor! Speaking of bioluminescence: What a marvel of nature. One night the ship was surrounded by dolphins, and they lit the water up by their movement as they swam less than a foot from the hull. They were illuminated all way around, I estimate about a foot out, and this light followed them as if it was beaming out from their skin.
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