It really is an experience. I’m from NJ and lived in the NYC metro area for 7 years so I’ve never really seen “true” darkness.
A few years back I went out to Colorado and a few friends and I stayed in a cabin up in The Rocky Mountains. That’s true darkness. On the road up to the cabin we turned the headlights off, got out of the car and you couldn’t see your hands it was so dark. It was cloudy so we couldn’t see much, but it was still pretty awesome to see the stars that bright (when we could).
Yes absolutely. I took a trip out towards the middle of Australia and it was crazy, we don’t even have that much light pollution in our cities but the difference is still massive.
Oh yeah, definitely out there, that’s the epitome of “the middle of nowhere” haha Where we were there was a small community up on the mountain, but nothing that really affected the darkness of what we saw since it was a good mile up the road and it was just house lights.
There definitely are tens of thousands, if not millions of people that have never seen a bright night sky. That’s pretty much the case for anyone that lives in or around NYC. I’d say that’s the case for anyone that lives in or around a big city.
I’m down in Miami now, which is a far cry from NYC, but it’s still pretty bright here and you can’t see much, drive about 30-45 minutes west to The Everglades and that’s a different story though.
Seeing the stars in a properly dark area, maybe?
It really is an experience. I’m from NJ and lived in the NYC metro area for 7 years so I’ve never really seen “true” darkness.
A few years back I went out to Colorado and a few friends and I stayed in a cabin up in The Rocky Mountains. That’s true darkness. On the road up to the cabin we turned the headlights off, got out of the car and you couldn’t see your hands it was so dark. It was cloudy so we couldn’t see much, but it was still pretty awesome to see the stars that bright (when we could).
Yes absolutely. I took a trip out towards the middle of Australia and it was crazy, we don’t even have that much light pollution in our cities but the difference is still massive.
Oh yeah, definitely out there, that’s the epitome of “the middle of nowhere” haha Where we were there was a small community up on the mountain, but nothing that really affected the darkness of what we saw since it was a good mile up the road and it was just house lights.
There are probably people that have never really seen the stars and it will probbaly only get worse. It’s honestly sad.
It makes me think of the Overview Effect.
There definitely are tens of thousands, if not millions of people that have never seen a bright night sky. That’s pretty much the case for anyone that lives in or around NYC. I’d say that’s the case for anyone that lives in or around a big city.
I’m down in Miami now, which is a far cry from NYC, but it’s still pretty bright here and you can’t see much, drive about 30-45 minutes west to The Everglades and that’s a different story though.