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Space... it's really big!

Wow indeed!!

This is probably what we will see here on Earth too were it not for our massive light pollution.

2 hours ago, Wildblue said:

Wow indeed!!

This is probably what we will see here on Earth too were it not for our massive light pollution.

 

True... but should people complain, though, given that street lights keep people safe on the roads and pavement at night. How many deaths would ensue without such lighting?

There's an island near me called Sark. It was the first island in the world to be designated a "Dark Skies Island." At night you have to walk around with a torch. No street lights at all. No cars on the island, so easier to achieve. You can get some great views of the Milky Way, that is, if its a cloudless night. 

 

https://www.sark.co.uk/nature/dark-skies

 

 

3 hours ago, Wildblue said:

Wow indeed!!

This is probably what we will see here on Earth too were it not for our massive light pollution.

I think we'd have to lose our atmosphere, too.  I've seen the sky in an area where there was as close to no light pollution as you can get in the USA, and it was phenomenal, but it wasn't like that.  This looked more like a long time exposure.  Sorry.

That video was great, but I'm not completely convinced it was real.  Still worth watching.

Hook

I follow Dr. Becky, she’s very energetic 

 

46 minutes ago, CO2Neutral said:

I follow Dr. Becky, she’s very energetic 

 

I watch her videos, too, occasionally though, as I cant handle too much of her. 😁

 

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I live in an area where we have 100+ miles of visibility most days.  We have a spectacular view of the night sky, but nothing like what they have on Mars.

Noel

20 hours ago, birdguy said:

I live in an area where we have 100+ miles of visibility most days.  We have a spectacular view of the night sky, but nothing like what they have on Mars.

Noel

 

Yep, the atmosphere on Mars, compared to the Earth, is very thin. Its less than 1% of pressure on Earth.

Hence why so many probes have crashed on Mars. Terminal velocity on Mars is 1000 km/h

Sister and brother-in-law just moved out of here last year.  I drove down to SoCal every year at Thanksgiving.
Best star gazing in California!

https://www.springsatborrego.com/activities/stargazing/

Yep, Charlie.  Once you get away from the high traffic cities and industrial areas like the deserts of the southwest you can see a larger portion of the universe we live in.

My wife belonged to an astronomy club here and had a large reflector telescope.  They would go to an old abandon missile silo several miles out of town and star gaze for a few hours.

Once you really get too see scope of the universe it's hard not to speculate on what's out there.  "In my house are many mansions!"  Perhaps we see some when we are looking up at the sky on a cloudless night.

Noel