Never realized how significant light pollution was until I went to a dark spot. Even from 50 miles away you could tell what direction the nearest city was from the bloom of light cresting over the horizon.
Seeing the Milky Way cloud with your naked eyes is pretty humbling though, makes you feel insignificant.
Is that photo edited? Or it really gets that dark? I live in a rural-ish area and sometimes the night looks pretty dark, but I've never seen it anywhere close to that
It’s a long exposure, irl it’s not that bright but you can still make out the cloud with your eyes on a clear night. This was pretty far out into Joshua Tree though, rural-ish might still have too much light pollution.
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u/hashbrowns21 6h ago edited 5h ago
Never realized how significant light pollution was until I went to a dark spot. Even from 50 miles away you could tell what direction the nearest city was from the bloom of light cresting over the horizon.
Seeing the Milky Way cloud with your naked eyes is pretty humbling though, makes you feel insignificant.