I used to go backpacking out in the middle of nowhere, miles from any city or town. The night sky is amazing, but nothing like what is shown in long-exposure pictures of the milky way.
Not that anyone asked, but it doesn’t look like this:
It’s more like this, and it needs to be a moonless night:
All I’m saying is, if this is on your bucket list, be prepared for the reality, or you might be a little disappointed. Still very much worth seeing, though.
Northeast blackout of 2003. People started to talk to their neighbours again and play cards instead of watching TV
They also called the cops because there were lights in the sky they’d never seen before.
The lights were stars.
I thought that was the big LA outage, where the Milky Way was visible. Could be both, I guess.
I used to go backpacking out in the middle of nowhere, miles from any city or town. The night sky is amazing, but nothing like what is shown in long-exposure pictures of the milky way.
Not that anyone asked, but it doesn’t look like this:
It’s more like this, and it needs to be a moonless night:
All I’m saying is, if this is on your bucket list, be prepared for the reality, or you might be a little disappointed. Still very much worth seeing, though.
Nightfall IRL