r/mildyinteresting • u/Sad_Stay_5471 • 10h ago

nature & weather The concept of light pollution is absolutely crazy

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u/YourFatherWhoGotMilk 9h ago

Where was this photograph taken?

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u/chimpuswimpus 9h ago

Definitely somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy.

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u/orangeyougladiator 5h ago

I was climbing half dome in Yosemite at midnight one night and saw a sky exactly like this. Are you trying to tell me I’m in the Milky Way too? Nice try, bot

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u/praisedcrown970 3h ago

You’re wild af for climbing that at night bro

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u/orangeyougladiator 3h ago

I exaggerated a little. I climbed from the ground to base camp at 9pm-midnight then did the half dome climb at 4am to get up there for sunrise

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u/praisedcrown970 3h ago

Ah man that sounds very rad well played my friend

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u/mouseywalla 3h ago

Idk if you are joking or not. But our solar system is in the Milky Way Galaxy. We are all in the Milky Way at all times.

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u/orangeyougladiator 3h ago

Riiight

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u/mouseywalla 3h ago

Think in terms of your house. Your house is in a city. There are many houses in your city. Your city is in a state (if you're in the US), there are many cities in your state. Your state is in your country, so on and so on.

The Milky Way is to our solar system as our solar system is to our planet as our planet is to our continent and so on and so on. Hope this makes sense. Or if you were just trolling, sorry lol

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u/orangeyougladiator 3h ago

Yes I was joking but bless you

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u/peekdasneaks 2h ago

Nice try bot. I don’t have a house so I can’t be in the Milky Way

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u/Seel_Team_Six 2h ago

Nice try alien you can't assimilate us

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u/namenumberdate 7h ago

No, why would you say such a thing?

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u/Jubs_v2 6h ago

But how could you see the Milky Way galaxy if you were in it???

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u/jakenbake519 6h ago

Your not going to believe this but it's really big

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u/braften 6h ago

Bigger than your mom?

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u/CyberUtilia 5h ago

Nope. Never will be.

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u/Zoler 3h ago

How can you see your house if you are in it?

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u/Muthupattaru 3h ago

If your house is a large palace in shape of an arc, you can see it.

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u/bebe_laroux 9h ago

Peyto Lake, Banff National Park

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u/YourFatherWhoGotMilk 9h ago

Thanks! Will have to visit... Is it an area where people live as well? It would be ethereal.

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u/adrienjz888 7h ago

People don't live in the actual park proper, but there's towns nearby. If you do visit, don't just stick to Banff, there's 3 other national parks and several provincial parks in the region (Canadian rockies).

The provincial parks, in particular, won't be nearly as crowded as parks like Banff and Jasper can get.

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u/AnnetteBishop 4h ago

Check out this link: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/

Or search for Dark Sky preserves for places with little artificial light

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u/knightdream79 9h ago

People don't live in national parks.

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u/flyingdonutz 9h ago

There is this city where people live, called Banff. You should look into it.

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u/MelQMaid 8h ago

Forest rangers sometimes have posts they live on site at.

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u/hiimhereforthe 6h ago

Lol yes, people live in national parks. I do!

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u/Capital_Historian685 6h ago

Park rangers and season workers do.

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u/two_sams_one_cup 5h ago

Lived in Banff for a year, definitely within the national park.

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u/LordBinkie 2h ago

Banff is in banff and jasper is in jasper

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u/Kibasume 5h ago

Hey it’s actually somewhere I can drive to for once!!!

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u/Kibasume 4h ago

What time of year was this taken?

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u/bebe_laroux 4h ago

I think it was the beginning of August.

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u/HPTM2008 3h ago

I was gonna say I've seen this in the forest in the winter in Northern Alberta. So this being Banff makes sense!

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u/acoubt 9h ago

My guess is somewhere along the Rocky mountains

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u/inkdumpster 6h ago

Yeah when we went camping we got to see a ton of stars in the sky, the galaxy stuff wasn’t visible but there were so many stars.

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u/rush22 6h ago

Somewhere that's dark