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I've been to many places around the world from the Amazon rainforest to the Atacama Desert in Chile to right around Africa. Without a shadow of a doubt, the in
by grecy 2y ago
I've been to many places around the world from the Amazon rainforest to the Atacama Desert in Chile to right around Africa.
Without a shadow of a doubt, the interior of Australia is STAGGERINGLY the best for stargazing. It's not even close.
This was a single 8 second exposure. [1] and I'm not a great photographer. The milky way was so bright it kept me awake in my tent.
[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CersLuLBfCz/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CersLuLBfCz/
- helpfulContrib 2y agoAustralian here, spent my youth in the deep West. I found your description inspiring. I remember feeling, once, that night time was when everything in the universe could be seen, and daytime was when we slept in the shade of the sun, away from it all.
- grecy 2y agoI grew up in rural Australia. We had Japanese exchange students in High School, and the teachers stayed in our house (Mum & Dad were teachers). Even though I was only ~15, I have a very strong memory of the 50, 60 and 70 year old Japanese people staying outside until all hours stargazing. They had never seen stars before.
- throwaway2037 2y ago> They had never seen stars before. What? Even in a large park in Tokyo, you can see stars. What a silly comment.
- helpfulContrib 2y ago[dead]
- oldmariner 2y agoCan't see the pictures due to login required :-( I've been on a dark ship in the middle of the ocean and that was pretty good for stargazing, though I guess Australia might be a tiny bit better due to less reflective surface (compared to the ocean)?
- shiroiushi 2y ago>Can't see the pictures due to login required :-( Works for me (without login). I'm not sure why, it could be uBlock Origin or Privacy Badger maybe.
- oldmariner 2y agoI'm running uBlock Origin, and don't care to disable it, oh well.
- shiroiushi 2y agoWell if you're running uBO and still need to login to see the picture, then uBO isn't helping avoid the login obviously. I'm running Chrome with uBO and Privacy Badger and a few other extensions, so you might want to try PB.
- mandibeet 2y agoThe picture is amazing!