Our starry night sky has been steadily disappearing over the past 50 years

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25 September, 2007 at 5:33 pm #11259

Dee from Tampa
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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=8c2980c8-4b91-42d1-b7b8-9a9d6abb3b87&p=2

25 September, 2007 at 9:55 pm #63167

2 Popoki
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This got me thinking of how long it has been since I’ve been somewhere I could see the stars. I need a trip away from the city and all the craziness !

25 September, 2007 at 11:10 pm #63168

AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
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Luckily with living in Tucson, I can still see the stars outside at night…not as well as when I lived in Cochise County (the southeastern corner of AZ) and not seeing the multitude of falling stars but I still get to see them. They are truly a wonder to see and watch.

26 September, 2007 at 3:19 pm #63169

Instinct
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I grew up in New Mexico and would see a ton of stars because we were out in the country at that time. Now it’s all built up and light polution has blotted most of them out.

The most stars I ever saw (and a very awe inspiring experience it was) was out in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Flight ops was over and we were hanging out on the flight deck, we were in ‘lights out’ condition. No light polution for hundreds of miles in any direction and a million stars in the sky all being reflected off of the water which was almost perfectly still.

Yep, it was pretty amazing.

26 September, 2007 at 3:27 pm #63170

MerD
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I was in NM this summer and I am always amazed when I go home how many stars there really is. We can clearly see the milky way and it is glorious!

26 September, 2007 at 3:31 pm #63171

MaxandCali’sMom
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Instinct-you painted the most beautiful visual!!! I could almost see it!

26 September, 2007 at 4:35 pm #63172

2 Popoki
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Definitely need to get out of town this weekend… find someplace with very little light polution.

When I was little, we’d spend weekends in the summer at the lake. My parents had a small trailer on a piece of land. I still remember those nights, just laying in the grass and looking at the Milky Way. One of my favorite adventures, this as an adult, was a backpack trip into the Grand Canyon… no light polution there !!! Sitting by the Colorado River, watching the stars. Aaaahhhhhhhh….. I miss that

26 September, 2007 at 4:39 pm #63173

HuddysMama
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When I lived in California I used to love driving to Vegas at night. It was like you just reach up and touch all the stars. They were all around you. Simply beautiful.

We don’t see starry nights here very often. I dunno if it’s the pollution or what. I can remember laying outside when I was a kid living up north and looking at the stars for hours. Most little kids dug looking at the clouds, I dug looking at the stars.

26 September, 2007 at 5:15 pm #63174

Elene_YorkPA_7/21
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When I was a child, living on a farm near Gettysburg, there was no TV so after dark on summer nights my 3 brothers, mom and I would sit out and watch the stars. Everything was dark except for the stars. Saw many many shooting stars too. Until his death my oldest brother still went into the countryside or desert to star gaze. I still watch for the stars but so many lights in the distance mute out most.

My best view of a wonderful night sky was in the desert heading to Flagstaff from Phoenix. Star studded beyond belief.
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