It is surprising on a clear night. I have noticed the effect too. But it is even more surprising when you actually see the sky for how it should be seen! So many people now live their life never knowing what the sky should look like.
The nicest night skies I have seen in recent times were in Mondata two summers ago and Mau'i back in summer of 2002.
For a while there I was getting really good observation time in on Jupiter and it's moons, which was loads of fun. I'm looking forward to Saturn and it's rings, here in a nother month or two!
I have a fun little Galileoscope, and I need to pick up a tripod for it. Jay has a much bigger telescope, and we love Jupiter. Earth's moon is fun viewing, too, especially when you can see the topography.
When I was eight years old, my family moved to a house my dad and my mother’s brothers had just built. It was outside of the town I moved from – later incorporated – and we were in one of only 3 or 4 or 5 houses for a few miles around. My dad had made the dirt access road, and we were surrounded by wheat fields, later corn fields. There were few streets and no street lights. I remember looking at the night sky and finding it awe inspiring – just amazing! I thought it would always be that way.
Later others built around us, and in short order what had been a good sized family farm was a pretty and peaceful suburb. Unfortunately, the night sky was never the same, either there or anywhere else I have lived – and especially where I live now. Somehow we managed to let McDonalds put up the big yellow M and a lot of high intensity parking lot lights that not only pollute the night sky but also shine in my bedroom window. Then they went 24-hour. I do so miss the big, black, sparkly, real night sky.
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I noticed too!
Date: 2010-01-08 05:41 am (UTC)The nicest night skies I have seen in recent times were in Mondata two summers ago and Mau'i back in summer of 2002.
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Date: 2010-01-08 04:13 pm (UTC)Later others built around us, and in short order what had been a good sized family farm was a pretty and peaceful suburb. Unfortunately, the night sky was never the same, either there or anywhere else I have lived – and especially where I live now. Somehow we managed to let McDonalds put up the big yellow M and a lot of high intensity parking lot lights that not only pollute the night sky but also shine in my bedroom window. Then they went 24-hour. I do so miss the big, black, sparkly, real night sky.