• pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    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).

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      8 months ago

      There are probably people that have never reaply seen the stars and it will probbaly only get worse. It’s honestly sad.

      It makes me think of the Overview Effect.

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      8 months ago

      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.