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I grew up in the sticks of Australia, and the Milky Way has always been a full and vivid texture of stars in my memory. Living in cities now I sometimes forget
by ehnto 4y ago
I grew up in the sticks of Australia, and the Milky Way has always been a full and vivid texture of stars in my memory. Living in cities now I sometimes forget what I am seeing is the same night sky just much less vivid and visible. I should make an effort to see a clear night sky more often I think.
Looking at the map, it was class 1 (artif brightness 0.067)
- angrygoat 4y agoI live in Perth – you don't have to go that far (maybe a hundred km) to get a good sky, but I rarely do. I was out at New Norcia recently, and it happened to be a very clear night. I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing – the Milky Way so apparent, not just as stars but as a sort of texture to the sky. We lose a lot of perspective when we drown that out.