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This loss is particularly bad to me because I don't know if there is anything else that can trigger so much wonder. I grew up in an area where science wasn't mu
by sixbrx 7y ago
This loss is particularly bad to me because I don't know if there is anything else that can trigger so much wonder. I grew up in an area where science wasn't much known or very well respected, and even controversial. But seeing the Milky Way away from the city as a child had an effect on me, like letting me know in a peaceful way that there must be way more to reality than I was being told. Really sad that it's becoming harder for so many to experience that, they may never know what they missed.
- nemosaltat 7y ago>When the Northridge earthquake knocked out power in Los Angeles in 1994, numerous calls came into emergency centers and even the Griffith Observatory from people who had poured into the streets in the predawn hours. They had looked into the dark sky to see what some anxiously described as a “giant silvery cloud” over the shaken city. >Not to worry, they were assured. It was merely the Milky Way, the vast galaxy that humans once knew so well — until the glare from electric light effectively erased most traces of it from urban and near-urban skies. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/31essay.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/31essay.html
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoNot sure it was ever a thing. In ancient times, folks rarely travelled far from their lighted places at night. They feared the outdoors and camped close to fires and in shelters. I'm wondering if people ever really saw much of the Milky Way.