12 ms·
I've overlayed stays on a light pollution satellite map
- NKosmatos 3y agoHey, very good idea and nice execution. I like that it finds my location, even without asking or requesting permission. Extra points for having a track prices option. I have a couple of suggestions/recommendations if I may: - Put a Bortle filter so that hotels on specific (dark) areas can be selected. I understand this is a bit difficult but it would make an even better filtering option. - Localize it, give us an option to see prices in different/local currency. Currently it's only visible in USD. - I can see the Affiliate ID from Booking, perhaps it would be better to mention this somewhere to avoid complaints from users. - Perhaps add a popup/permission notification for accessing location (see previous point as well). - Put an info/about page so that you can give more info and also take some credit for your work.
- gus_massa 3y ago> - Perhaps add a popup/permission notification for accessing location (see previous point as well). Is the site using the location from the browser or just IP location? (My location was 240Km (150 miles) away from my home.) I want to suggest also permalinks.
- ale42 3y agoProbably just IP location given that it doesn't ask for any location access (unless you click on the button to center the map around your position)
- jabroni_salad 3y agoMy ISP connects to the greater internet in minneapolis even though I'm in iowa, and that's where the map centered on for me initially. Usually means they are just doing geo off the IP.
- digging 3y agoIt must be IP because the browser can't access GeoLocation without asking.
- AlecSchueler 3y ago> I like that it finds my location, even without asking or requesting permission. I actually found this quite concerning!
- donkeyd 3y agoGuess what, literally every web site you visit can do this based on IP geolocation. If you're really concerned about this, use a VPN.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoThen why do websites ever ask for location permission?
- doublemint2203 3y agoI'll try and make this. beginner cs undergrad looking for maps-based things to build. if anyone can reply and hit me with tips, quick info, or just a laundry list of things I'd be wise to google & learn to use, please lmk thanks!
- totetsu 3y agoIs it USD or is it the local currency with a $ in front of it. i am seeing some $50000 places in japan..
- ricksunny 3y agoThis itnerant stargazer says...awesome :) I've been paying close attention to light pollution (and access to a telescope or stargazing tour services, so there's that too :p) while traveling internationally recently.
- Scandiravian 3y agoReally nice idea, but I'm having an issue with the date-picker; can't change the month, so it's stuck in October (I'm using brave browser on android)
- bberenberg 3y agoHmm, seems like a cool idea, but I can't actually get it to show any hotels or anything? Probably pebkac but just FYI.
- riz_ 3y agoLooks like the HN traffic has exhausted their API quota.
- louison11 3y agoOP Here. Exactly. We have a rate limit imposed by our data provider that's too low for this traffic atm. Hopefully you guys still "get" the concept and awesome to see such feedback. Try and come back when things calm down. Thanks. I'm working on ways to increase the rate limit/find alternative data providers.
- amself 3y agojust curious, which API are you using to get this data (the hotels)?
- gkfasdfasdf 3y agoNice! I love how the date picker shows the phase of the moon.
- NKosmatos 3y agoYes, this is very handy for people looking for a dark site. Not that they don't know it already, but it's good to have it there in the calendar.
- loudgas 3y agoNeat idea. Is there a color legend somewhere? I don’t see one.
- chacha102 3y agoWas also looking for a color legend. I can generally understand the different colors/layers, but was initially confused. Text that explains exactly what each color refers to would be helpful.
- NKosmatos 3y agoYou're right it's missing. It shows the Bortle class of each location, see https://www.lightpollutionmap.info https://www.lightpollutionmap.info for a better explanation.
- beardyw 3y agoMy phone screen got so full of stays I couldn't see the map! Thanks for the link.
- eightyfive 3y agoThere really should be a legend somewhere, but in practice the amateur astronomy community has standardized on a convention that's more or less the same in color scheme and scale to the one reported here: https://djlorenz.github.io/astronomy/lp2020/colors.html https://djlorenz.github.io/astronomy/lp2020/colors.html. You'll see the same scale in use at other light pollution sites, such as: http://www.cleardarksky.com/maps/lp/large_light_pollution_map.html http://www.cleardarksky.com/maps/lp/large_light_pollution_ma... https://www.lightpollutionmap.info https://www.lightpollutionmap.info https://cires.colorado.edu/artificial-sky https://cires.colorado.edu/artificial-sky
- Ridj48dhsnsh 3y agoEdit: I misread that you're showing light pollution, not air pollution, so disregard my comments. But maybe an idea for another site? Very cool. I was buying some land a few months ago, and made a similar map of the country to help choose areas with consistently good air quality. I couldn't get the calendar to change from October, so I couldn't check myself, but I was wondering if you adjust for seasonality. Some areas have a distinct "burning season" when farmers burn their fields and the air quality is significantly worse. I was also wondering if you're using publicly available sensor data. The granularity looks a lot better than what I had downloaded.
- EricMausler 3y agoAny thoughts on how someone would do something similar for water?
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- seszett 3y agoThis is light pollution, it doesn't have much seasonality and evolves slowly.
- kedean 3y agoOn a technical level that's true. But the actual intention here is "places where you can see the sky", not places with low light pollution. Air quality is highly seasonal, and winter tends to have far clearer skies for assorted reasons. Wouldn't you be a bit upset if you booked a place way out in the country for stargazing and every rancher had just lit their fields ablaze? That said it's probably asking quite a lot to composite that kind of data together in any meaningful way. You need a lot of domain knowledge for that.
- stronglikedan 3y ago> you're showing light pollution, not air pollution I wonder if there would be a strong correlation between the two.
- tomcam 3y agoBrilliant! Wish it had a color legend. But I always wanted a site like this.
- iandanforth 3y agoThanks for doing this! I'd really like a "Search this Area" button. My first instinct was to use the map to find somewhere dark, then look at stays.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoYou've got a bunch of places all placed at 0 latitude 0 longitude, saying "null". You may want to check your data sources.
- swasheck 3y agonull island is a tourist hotspot!!
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoThe airlines have trouble scheduling flights, though... ;-)
- internetter 3y agoA couple times I've found my flight taking a detour: https://dropover.cloud/253a84#33241fcd-b58a-4c23-9c77-77907254cc8c https://dropover.cloud/253a84#33241fcd-b58a-4c23-9c77-779072...
- progne 3y agoI used to live in an RV & cabins park in a very dark area, actually inside of the radius of the Very Large Array radio telescope. As part of a barter arrangement I made a website for the park. On the site I pitched the park as a destination for amateur astronomers. Come camp inside of a telescope! We put up some Google ads to that effect. I don't think they ever got a nibble from that. It turns out that the population of amateur astronomers willing to drive long distances to dark spots isn't all that large. But this is the internet, and a niche interest can have a significant following, and you're not trying to make a bunch of money with this. So from us dark sky lovers, thanks.
- zf00002 3y agoMaybe because you were already in New Mexico which has some pretty good dark areas? I'm up in Santa Fe, I don't need to drive long to get fairly dark.
- progne 3y agoYes. Also I think we astronuts tend to avoid campgrounds (too many people with lights) and motels (we're up all night). A piece of remote public land is just more suited to the purpose.
- Zancarius 3y agoWe also have state-wide anti-light pollution regulations on the books[1]; unfortunately, enforcement is spotty and depends on the community. Where I live (southern NM) we've had a steady influx of people from out of state, and the first thing they tend to do is install outdoor security lighting that is in clear violation of the NSPA. All that to say that I have noticed that some of the newcomers who were in violation may have been reported since their fixtures are now turned off after 11pm. So, enforcement does happen; it just takes time. Thankfully, we have a few astronomers in the community! (The one deficiency in the NSPA is that it defines fixtures based on wattage rather than lumens. There have been efforts to change this language, but they've stalled.) [1] http://www.darkskynm.org/lightinglaws.html http://www.darkskynm.org/lightinglaws.html
- lp251 3y ago
- karagenit 3y agoWhat’s up with North Dakota? There’s a spot in the middle of nowhere that has pollution levels on par with major metro areas.
- richiebful1 3y agoProbably fracking rigs. Where I'm from in the Marcellus shale region of Western Pennsylvania, you can see rigs on top of hills for miles when the leaves are down in winter Edit: This map of Bakken Formation rigs correlates to their location in Western ND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_Formation#/media/File:Bakken_Wells_2008.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_Formation#/media/File:B...
- Nicholas_C 3y agoI noticed that as well, it’s gas flaring from O&G production. You can see similar patches south of San Antonio (the Eagle Ford shale) and in West Texas (the Permian Basin) and probably a few other spots too.
- boomboomsubban 3y agoWhen extracting or processing natural gas, it's common to burn off some of the byproduct in a process known as "flaring." It creates massive amounts of light pollution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare Those are the gas and oil fields of North Dakota.
- cainxinth 3y agoI’ll never forget a moment from the bus trip I took across the U.S. west as a kid when we got to Montana. We had been driving for hours and got to our cabins far from everywhere late at night. A bus load of tired kids filed off, eyes half open, and then someone said “Hey, look up!” Cue two dozen kids saying “oohs and ahhs” in sync. Don’t think I’ve seen such a spectacularly starry night since.
- dgrin91 3y agoCool site, but it really needs a legend. I can intuit that white is high light pollution because its on city centers, but how bad is green? I have no idea what I would see there.
- ry4nolson 3y agoI was thinking this same thing. I live in what the map has as a "pinkish red" area (right outside of white) and I just recently camped in a brown orange area (3 levels darker). The difference was noticeable but not a crazy amount. I really wonder how much darker the blue or not even colored areas are.
- richiebful1 3y agoI've been to a few blue and darker areas, and those are properly mind blowing. That said, I live in a dark green area, and you can see some definition to the milky way on a clear and dry night
- doublemint2203 3y agoI'll try and make this. beginner cs undergrad looking for maps-based things to build. if anyone can reply and hit me with tips, quick info, or just a laundry list of things I'd be wise to google & learn to use, please lmk thanks!
- alexwebb2 3y agoDigital mapmakers often have a hard time getting color scales right; it's common to just sort of wing it and end up with something that looks like crap and/or doesn't work well with the nature of the dataset. I'd recommend using one of the tried and tested scales from ColorBrewer (https://colorbrewer2.org https://colorbrewer2.org). Great info there to help you decide. And when you do pick a scale, Chroma.js (https://www.vis4.net/chromajs https://www.vis4.net/chromajs) is a fantastic color library that has built-in support for ColorBrewer scales. Also http://turfjs.org http://turfjs.org has some great tools for manipulating GeoJSON.
- underseacables 3y agoVery cool, it would be helpful to have a key for what the colors mean. I can deduce that white, is little to no darkness, and shades of green mean dark, but it would help to give that little context.
- dr_dshiv 3y agoPlease share the prompt!! /s it is so beautiful. Really helps to understand the shape of humanity at a global scale. Middle East and Korea made me reflect.
- chmod775 3y agoWhat strikes me most is that the correlation with population is still weaker than expected - at least it appears (eyeballing it) that Europe has a larger/more extreme light pollution than India and China combined. It also shows the lack of development of eastern Europe's rural areas. The contrast from one country to the next is quite strong.
- irrational 3y agoI live in the western USA where very dark sky areas are abundant. After reading your comment, I was curious to see what Europe looked like. I was astonished that not just Europe, but the Eastern USA also, has no very dark sky areas at all. It is amazing how populated these regions are. But, then I go down to Australia and nearly the entire continent is great for sky gazing (other than all the critters trying to kill you).
- rootusrootus 3y agoI'm curious how the dark skies map is actually built. I assume it tries to make generalizations based on density of buildings. And that is only as accurate as the building data is in the map source. It's probably fairly accurate overall, but there is undoubtedly some region-specific things (different lighting styles, etc) that throw a wrench into the mix. One place out my direction has a blue blob in the middle of a dark gray area, so you wonder what kind of civilization is there. Nothing, just a few buildings that are uninhabited and unlit. So there's no light pollution in actuality, but dark skies thinks there is.
- gmiller123456 3y agoThey are based on nighttime satellite photos. The downside of that is its only based on the light that gets through the atmosphere. So a dusty/humid place will have a lot more light pollution than the map shows because the dust blocks the light from the satellite, and reflects some of that light towards an observer on the ground.
- dmd 3y agoWhat am I missing here? I see a dark sky map. That's it. No hotels or anything like that?
- bittercynic 3y agoIt's working nicely over here, but sometimes takes a long time to load the places, and doesn't give any indication that it's still working on it.
- FinnKuhn 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38084473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38084473
- alistairSH 3y agoSame. I tried changing the dates and location search. All that happened was a recenter/zoom, but no homes were listed.
- ranting-moth 3y agoIt's broken on FF/Linux. I just flashing garbage that would probably trigger epilepsy if I had one.
- probably_wrong 3y agoAnother bug on FF/Android (private mode): it first showed the map, then overlayed a message saying I had to enter my email to access, but once I did it asked me to click a non-existent "Got it". I clicked on one of the social media buttons and immediately went back, and then I could see the map. No hotels, though, but that has been mentioned already.
- executesorder66 3y agoWorks fine for me. I'm also using Firefox + Linux.
- ranting-moth 3y agoYou just made it a whole lot harder to find the bug! :)
- joncp 3y agoIt's goofy on FF/Mac too. Not flashing but oddly distorted.
- genezeta 3y agoCompletely psychedelic on Firefox/Win too.
- acomms 3y agoNot getting any stays overlayed on the map. HN hug of death? API Limit?
- asow92 3y agoThe perfect overlay map to find the ideal cabin in the woods. I'd love to be able to overlay this on Zillow or Airbnb.
- coding123 3y agoAs long as y'all show up before dark. That's the courtesy.
- otteromkram 3y agoAirbnb is a pile of sh!t that will screw over travelers on a whim. Please DO NOT PROMOTE THAT COMPANY. Use hotels. They're cleaner, cheaper, and full of amenities. Plus, you don't have to clean before you leave! Edit: And, before anyone downvotes me too much, think about the fact that Airbnb does NOT audit any stays or even verify proof of ownership of the property and/or the right to sublet. If you do complain, Airbnb will give you the runaround for months in end, perpetually pushing goalposts further down the field, even amid a slew of overwhelming evidence. Yes, this is empirical data I'm working off of. And, no, it wasn't a one-off event. Imagine all the crap sold on ebay that isn't vetted. Now, apply that to a vacation rental and you have the company in question.
- Kiro 3y agoI think many people have never experienced and don't realize how mind-bending a clear night sky in the winter without light pollution is. You need to get pretty far from civilization but when you do you will see so many stars, colors and effects you had no idea were visible without a telescope. The first time I experienced it I couldn't believe my eyes and it redefined my perception of space.
- wickedsickeune 3y agoI've never seen it myself, but I plan to. I once showed to colleagues a photo of what can be seen by naked eye (the milky way) and they would not believe me even remotely (it wasn't super exposed).
- the_g0d_f4ther 3y agoIt’s really is an incredible experience.
- timthorn 3y agoAlso, it can be hard to navigate the sky if you're not used to it. The patterns of stars that you can see instantly in more polluted areas get a lot of "background noise" and you need to relearn the sky to a degree.
- progne 3y agoHow held back might science be in an alternate history with one change: a permanently cloudy sky. Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Einstein, would all have had so much less purchase on the shape of the universe to build their theories on. So much science depends on the fundamental insights from those models. We would be a more inward focused civilization, and lesser for it.
- CWuestefeld 3y agoMy town (Dripping Springs, TX) was pretty dark when I moved here 10 years ago. We could at least see the Milky Way back then. Today it claims to be a dark sky certified community, but this seems baloney. No more Milky Way. And while the town claims to have all those regulations to protect the dark, they start right off by ignoring those rules for the schools' football fields and stuff.
- jmbwell 3y agoYeah when I lived in San Antonio, we used to go out to Hondo to see the milky way and explore the skies with our homemade telescopes. LOL today
- ModernMech 3y agoDoesn't seem to work. Just asks for my email address and won't even accept one when I put it in.
- doublemint2203 3y agoI'll try and make this. beginner cs undergrad looking for maps-based things to build. if anyone can reply and hit me with tips, quick info, or just a laundry list of things I'd be wise to google & learn to use, please lmk thanks!
- mstudio 3y agoGreat visualization! For those in the Northeast US, Cherry Springs State Park in PA is a wonderful place to visit for night viewing (and camping). It's one of the best places (darkest night sky) on the eastern seaboard for stargazing. We camped there in the summer and saw the Milky Way like I'd never seen before. Be sure to look at the moon phases when planning -- try to plan for a new moon so you have a dark sky: https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/CherrySpringsStatePark/Pages/default.aspx https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/CherrySpringsSt...
- photochemsyn 3y agoThe eastern desert ranges of California are great for seeing a clear night sky (Panamint Valley etc.). There's even a Dark Sky Festival out there (Nov 9-12 2023). Shows up nicely on this map too. https://www.easternsierraobservatory.com/california-dark-sky-festival https://www.easternsierraobservatory.com/california-dark-sky...
- killjoywashere 3y agoFeature request: Any chance of a "back in time" slider? I'm going camping this weekend for a bike race in Utah. Even there I don't recall being impressed by the stars there, compared to my childhood in Kansas, where I could see the Milky Way from my front yard. It would be interesting to compare this to what it looked like 30 years ago.
- momirlan 3y agothere is apparently a huge difference between the night sky in the Northern vs Southern hemisphere. whoever spent their life in the North has no idea how beautiful the Southern sky is.
- alkonaut 3y agoWhat on earth is going on in Närpes in coastal/rural Finland? It looks like it has extreme light pollution?
- tpmx 3y agoGreenhouses, apparently. Try Google Translate on https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-1355536 https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-1355536.
- ricardobeat 3y agoNeeds labels for the light pollution scale, it's not immediately obvious. A grayscale mode would be even better (thought less pretty at first sight).
- Dave3of5 3y agoTotally lost on the UI sorry can you explain how to operate the thing ?
- Mortiffer 3y agoThis is very cool. I have been working on a way to get a hestmap of distance from roads to plan Backcountry hiking trips but this light pollution data seems much simpler.
- namuol 3y ago“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot. Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question of whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech.” - Foreword to A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, 1949
- jackconsidine 3y agoAldo Leopold was a genius. His love for nature was poetic and inspiring. He also offered a pragmatic ethic of the land. I'm not sure I've ever read someone as holistic and well-intentioned.
- namuol 3y agoAbsolutely. One example for anyone who isn’t familiar: He dedicates several pages to an oak tree he cut down for firewood after a lightning strike destroyed it, and his tribute to its sacrifice left me in tears.
- gnopgnip 3y agoI stayed in shelter cove recently to see the perseid meteor shower. Definitely recommend staying in a similar remote area with low light pollution.
- GMoromisato 3y agoThis is wonderful! One suggestion is to also include probability of cloud-cover at that time of the year.
- badcppdev 3y agoAs a UK resident I sadly have to agree
- rconti 3y agoNothing against the site, I just hate this usage of "stays".
- emadda 3y agoRelated: I released an AirBnB search engine optimised for desktop a few months ago. https://stay100.app https://stay100.app
- doublemint2203 3y agoHey how'd you import the maps? I'm beginner cs/geospatial undergrad & looking to build something like this
- emadda 3y agoIt is using the Google Maps JS API.
- thrdbndndn 3y agoMajority of Texas has no data when you zoom in: https://i.imgur.com/cFYZ5pQ.png https://i.imgur.com/cFYZ5pQ.png
- cratermoon 3y agoI like how the map shows the lights from drilling platforms out in places like the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea.
- tomatoman 3y agoWhats going on in Venezuela in Maturin??
- blamazon 3y agoIt's petroleum industry[1] in the Orinoco Belt[2], ignition of waste gas[3] produces a lot of light. [1] https://energy-cg.com/OPEC/Venezuela/OPEC_Venezuela_BaseMap_Jun15_Image1x1_EnergyConsutlingGroup_web.png https://energy-cg.com/OPEC/Venezuela/OPEC_Venezuela_BaseMap_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orinoco_Belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orinoco_Belt [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare
- grogenaut 3y agosome feedback: - a legend of the colors would be great, explaining in words what they mean, what I might expect - date range search is a bit odd for this, I guess if I was aligning with astronomical events, but if I'm just looking for nice places to stay. - Mine defaults to my location, seattle. I've seen 3 total astronimical events here in 13 years due to clouds.
- etothepii 3y agoThis website is unusable in iPhone 14 Pro Max in Safari. Would be interested in something similar for the 8th April Eclipse.
- temptemptemp111 3y ago[dead]
- 97s 3y agoI am confused how do I see the places I can stay?
- petee 3y agoThe Track Prices button hovers over the calender so you can't change the month. Otherwise pretty cool!
- HomeDeLaPot 3y agoTypo in the title: overlayed ‐> overlaid
- jmuguy 3y agoMaybe doesn't work in Firefox? I just see a map with what I guess is light pollution overlaid but no hotels.
- stronglikedan 3y agoSame on Chrome.
- louison11 3y agoThis should be fixed now. The HN traffic was way above the rate limit allowed by our data provider API. Hence the downtime in our AJAX requests and the reason why you didn't see any hotels loading up. It may still be on and off at the moment (there are hundreds of people active at all times), but if you move the map around a little your AJAX request should eventually "get in" ;-)
- rmason 3y agoThe Michigan tourism folks have become focused on dark sky tourism. Here's a website that tells you the best parks in the state for sky gazing. https://www.michigan.org/darksky https://www.michigan.org/darksky
- pcrh 3y agoOne thing that is interesting about this is how one may not need to travel to some far and remote place to experience low light pollution. In the map of the UK, for example, low light pollution can be experienced within a 2 hr train ride from London to Wales, Devon or Cornwall. Similarly for France or Spain. Central Europe and Eastern US has little such luck, though.
- timeinput 3y agoI apparently live in a pretty low light pollution area in the UK, but it's been a while since I've seen the stars because of clouds =[.
- davidw 3y agoSimpler method: just go visit central and SE Oregon. * Maybe fly in to Bend. Nearby you can go up Pine Mountain to visit the observatory in the summer. Best views of the sky I've ever had... you're up at around 2000 meters, away from the city, with clear air, usually. You can very easily see the milky way and SO many stars. * https://traveloregon.com/plan-your-trip/destinations/lakes-reservoirs/stargazing-at-oregons-first-dark-sky-park/ https://traveloregon.com/plan-your-trip/destinations/lakes-r... - dark sky park near Prineville. * Steens Mountain & Alvord Desert - https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/destinations/parks-forests-wildlife-areas/a-trip-to-steens-oregons-secret-mountain https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/destinations/parks-for...
- rootusrootus 3y agoNice idea, but it didn't work great for me. It mostly finds hotels in heavily light polluted areas. And in the tiny out-of-the way places where light pollution is minimal, it didn't show me any lodging options. But going to Google maps for the same spots, there are definitely options.
- stevage 3y agoIt's a shame the site is not really usable on mobile.
- shmageggy 3y agoSlightly off-topic, but I wonder what the big circle of light pollution is in Western Brazil, west-southwest of Manaus? It looks like it's centered over Urucu, which Google reveals is home to a natural gas pipeline. I wonder if there was a fire there or something when the satellite passed?
- leonheld 3y agoNo major accidents ever as far as I can Google (I speak Portuguese, so I searched the local web).
- boomboomsubban 3y agoWhen extracting or processing natural gas, it's common to burn off some of the byproduct in a process known as "flaring." So yes, there was a fire but there's always a fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare
- shmageggy 3y agoIf that's the cause, it's surprising that it's as bright as an entire city, for example nearby Lima.
- noslenwerdna 3y agoIs it possible to add a legend? What do these colors represent in terms of visibility?
- capableweb 3y agoWhite/Transparent: You don't see stars at all/barely when you look up Dark blue: you see all the stars that can see you.
- IceHegel 3y agoExcellent idea and I encourage all who've not seen the moonless stars on a clear summer night, do it at least once. It affected me much more than like seeing Vienna or Paris for the first time, and I love those cities.
- caseysoftware 3y agoI moved from Austin to rural Texas ~2.5 years ago and it's so dark, it was disturbing at first. After a while you get used to it but it's still SO awesome seeing the Milky Way many nights. This past summer, I'd be outside working late (necessary in 100F+ heat) and turn off the lights, wait a minute and look up. It was breathtaking.. and we're not even in the darkest place.
- presentation 3y agoCurrency seems wrong when pointing this where I live in Japan, says that hostels are going for $5000 a night lol.
- alabhyajindal 3y agoTerrible. The page froze Firefox and I had to reboot my laptop.
- dalore 3y agoIf you want outdoor stays your much better off using a large outdoor travel specialist sites like https://www.pitchup.com/ https://www.pitchup.com/
- vikR0001 3y agoIs there a legend for the shading? I wasn't quite sure what shades of color meant what amounts of light pollution.
- Ostrogoth 3y agoWhere I grew up I could see the milky way over my house. I didn’t realize how lucky that was. Now with urban sprawl the stars are fading there.