On 09/20/2012 11:26 AM, Stephen wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> On 20/09/2012 03:28 PM, James Holsenback wrote:
>>> Astronomy is 2012 photographer of the year ... some of the composites
>>> are really stunning. I particularly like the ones that drive home the
>>> point that we are just a tiny speck in the scheme of things, kind of
>>> makes you wonder how long before we finally get over ourselves.
>>
>> Every time I look at something like this, I can't help thinking "if only
>> the resolution was higher..."
>>
>
> And you could zoom in.
>
>> Also: In what part of the world are stars actually visible to the naked
>> eye at night?
>
> Years ago I was driving in the bush in Australia. Whan I stopped the car at
> night and looked up. I almost fell over backwards, the sky was so full of stars.
> They looked a solid mass compaired to metropolitan European skys.
>

yep ... that was one example I know of, also northern canada during the 
winter. in addition to less light pollution, when it's cold fewer 
heatwaves to distort the view

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