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Jan 11, 2024 12:27:08   #
pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs
 
Jimmy T wrote:
This Light Pollution Map may be of help.
We live in the "Sticks" and there is nothing like watching the space shuttle pass in the night sky from our deck.
Az had the first light pollution law, and now many states including Fla have similar laws.
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https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=4.00&lat=45.8720&lon=14.5470&state=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjoiTGF5ZXJCaW5nUm9hZCIsIm92ZXJsYXkiOiJ3YV8yMDE1Iiwib3ZlcmxheWNvbG9yIjpmYWxzZSwib3ZlcmxheW9wYWNpdHkiOjYwLCJmZWF0dXJlc29wYWNpdHkiOjg1fQ==
This Light Pollution Map may be of help. br We liv... (show quote)


I have had access to the Dark Skies Map for some time now, but thank you for posting it so others can see.

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Jan 11, 2024 13:41:21   #
TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA
 
burkphoto wrote:
A worthy rant…

Polaris is pretty faint, but still visible here in the NC Piedmont on a clear night.


Isn't the Triad high on the light-pollution scale? When I was in the Pilot Mountain area over 20 years ago, I noticed it creeping into that area.

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Jan 11, 2024 14:10:58   #
DRam11 Loc: Polson, MT
 
pmorin wrote:
12:36 am and as I venture out into the night, only because I tend to keep odd hours, I look up to see…. Polaris is gone. Unseeable because of the reflection of millions of light sources in the atmosphere. I will be lost in the darkness without it. It was there not too long ago. I would suppose it’s a reflection of our advances in technology and how it leads to our loss of observable light from vast regions of our universe.
Perhaps it’s only temporary, but the days have been windy and the night sky is clear.

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So I guess, upon further reflection, that this qualifies as a rant. Damn tequila
12:36 am and as I venture out into the night, only... (show quote)


Old person here remembering as a young person 'camping' in our backyard in Great Falls, Montana. We could see a million stars above us. No longer. Fortunately there are still places where we can get away from the lights and see a brilliant night sky.

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Jan 11, 2024 15:30:02   #
pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs
 
DRam11 wrote:
Old person here remembering as a young person 'camping' in our backyard in Great Falls, Montana. We could see a million stars above us. No longer. Fortunately there are still places where we can get away from the lights and see a brilliant night sky.


When I was a teen we used to enter the motorcycle racing events in the desert areas here in California. At night you could look up at the night sky and it was so bright an beautiful. And I no longer can see what once was, my body can no longer take the stress of racing and sleeping on the ground is not happening anymore.

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Jan 12, 2024 01:44:58   #
Laramie Loc: Tempe
 
There is a Dark Sky not too far from Palm Springs, a little over 200 miles to Alamo Lake in Arizona. I'd like to visit there too.

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Jan 14, 2024 15:20:21   #
mtbear
 
You might consider joining Dark Sky https://darksky.org

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Jan 14, 2024 21:25:35   #
pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs
 
mtbear wrote:
You might consider joining Dark Sky https://darksky.org


I have an App for that.

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