I used to see the stars at night when i was a kid, now i can’t. I’m 25 tho not even that old. It is sad.
This is sad, it’s just another effect of our disconnection from nature and sustainable living. I wish people would wake up and realize the rabbit hole they’re going down, but sadly I’m more and more convinced the path we’re on is irreversible.
What is the light belt between UK and Norway in the North Sea? I can’t find anything on Google Maps.
At least I can still see lots of them from my house in Greece lol
What are stars?
Where can I find a higher res version of this?
Well when i lived in Kyiv centre i barely could see stars regardless of night time but when i was moving to my summerhouse 20 km from Riga, it’s not perfect, but hell it’s 1000x better than even mid size city nightsky
I’m belgian and i’m sad
Proud to live in a country where i can see the galaxy from my own house and not have to travel in the middle of nowhere🇲🇪
Cries in Benelux
what is a star?
I love looking at the stars. Very peaceful
I can confirm, the night sky in Lapland is beautiful. I’ve been to Halti, Kebnekaise and many other parts of northern Scandinavia and Finland, and the amount of stars you see when compared to more inhabited regions in the south is staggering. Well, in the fall and winter at least. The problem with summer is the Midnight sun. The sun doesn’t set, so no stars are really visible.
I used to think the view from the porch of my childhood house was staggering, in a small village in Pirkanmaa, Finland, but it couldn’t even hold a candle to a clear winter night in Lapland.
Is there any map like this in higher resolution?
EU should regulate night time lights so more people can see the stars. This is something I would get behind.
I really really wish so we can turn off all the lights for just one night in a year. It’d be glorious.
I see more stars when i hold my breath to long then when it’s a night with clear skies… guess where I’m from
when you travel to places with really dark skies it’s so sad going back to living in city where all you see is few dozen stars shining through the orange glow of light pollution. everything also seems overly illuminated like the lighting industry wanted to make as much money as they could from government contracts
Visit Romania: Come for the vampires, stay for the star-gazing.
Madrid really is in the middle of nowhere, isn’t it?
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Light pollution
I used to see the stars at night when i was a kid, now i can’t. I’m 25 tho not even that old. It is sad.
This is sad, it’s just another effect of our disconnection from nature and sustainable living. I wish people would wake up and realize the rabbit hole they’re going down, but sadly I’m more and more convinced the path we’re on is irreversible.
[In search of gold we lost diamonds](https://img.ifunny.co/images/331bab32eb9977da24e602ca8f34d2b6ede11efd3615982a9415983ce341ab36_1.webp)
What is the light belt between UK and Norway in the North Sea? I can’t find anything on Google Maps.
At least I can still see lots of them from my house in Greece lol
What are stars?
Where can I find a higher res version of this?
Well when i lived in Kyiv centre i barely could see stars regardless of night time but when i was moving to my summerhouse 20 km from Riga, it’s not perfect, but hell it’s 1000x better than even mid size city nightsky
I’m belgian and i’m sad
Proud to live in a country where i can see the galaxy from my own house and not have to travel in the middle of nowhere🇲🇪
Cries in Benelux
what is a star?
I love looking at the stars. Very peaceful
I can confirm, the night sky in Lapland is beautiful. I’ve been to Halti, Kebnekaise and many other parts of northern Scandinavia and Finland, and the amount of stars you see when compared to more inhabited regions in the south is staggering. Well, in the fall and winter at least. The problem with summer is the Midnight sun. The sun doesn’t set, so no stars are really visible.
I used to think the view from the porch of my childhood house was staggering, in a small village in Pirkanmaa, Finland, but it couldn’t even hold a candle to a clear winter night in Lapland.
Is there any map like this in higher resolution?
EU should regulate night time lights so more people can see the stars. This is something I would get behind.
I really really wish so we can turn off all the lights for just one night in a year. It’d be glorious.
I see more stars when i hold my breath to long then when it’s a night with clear skies… guess where I’m from
when you travel to places with really dark skies it’s so sad going back to living in city where all you see is few dozen stars shining through the orange glow of light pollution. everything also seems overly illuminated like the lighting industry wanted to make as much money as they could from government contracts
Visit Romania: Come for the vampires, stay for the star-gazing.
Madrid really is in the middle of nowhere, isn’t it?