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> Milky way is pretty hard to see with our large human eyes. It's not, at all. It's just become hard to see in the last 100 years or so of massive light pollu
by njharman 9y ago
> Milky way is pretty hard to see with our large human eyes.
It's not, at all. It's just become hard to see in the last 100 years or so of massive light pollution.
- sliverstorm 9y agoPiling on, a real dark-sky site is worth a visit. First one I've been too is the Cosmic Campground. I don't have my photos on hand, but it really looks like this to the naked eye, maybe even more vibrant: http://www.darksky.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CC_MilkyWay-700x366.png http://www.darksky.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CC_MilkyWa... (Be careful, at the CC we accidentally were "those guys"- there were no lights at all except red headlamps, and our car kept lighting up like a Christmas tree)
- nashashmi 9y agoI once used Google sky on my phone, and I learned what the milky way looks in my light polluted sky. It has become easy since then, but it becomes very difficult on days of full moon.