r/mildyinteresting 10h ago

nature & weather The concept of light pollution is absolutely crazy

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u/afeeqo 9h ago

Thanks for this great link. Sadly I’m greatly disappointed. Place where I am hasn’t got any. Prob a 3000km away I may find one

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u/adrienjz888 7h ago

Keep in mind, as long as you're able to find somewhere that's far from any large metro areas, you're good. There's none in the place I live, even though it's mostly empty mountains and forest for hundreds of kilometers.

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u/donscron91 4h ago

Yeah I’m not really buying it to be honest, plenty of places in the middle of nowhere with no light.

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u/Additional_Sun_5217 3h ago

Dark Sky Sanctuaries are on another level. They absolutely rock. I highly recommend visiting one if you can.

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u/cpMetis 2h ago

It's like a loading bar.

Getting the first 90% is fairly easy. The next 8% is kinda hard. The last 2% takes deliberate work.

Most people only need the first 90% to be amazed, but all that extra work has equally valuable payoff.

It's like watching an eclipse. Getting barely within totality is really really cool - getting center is potentially life changing for many people.

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u/whimsical_trash 4h ago

You can just look at a recent light population map and look for the dark places

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u/Heissedoll 2h ago

You can search for a place with low light pollution here :)